Friday, May 22, 2015, 7:00 PM Film: "KENT STATE: THE DAY THE WAR CAME HOME"
(47 min, Chris Triffo, 2000)
The right to protest and the methods authorities use to control protesters are a constant concern in our society.
Kent State University, Ohio, May 4, 1970; 13 seconds, 67 bullets, 9 wounded, 4 dead. Former students and Ohio National Guardsmen reflect on the events of May 1-4, 1970, that led to the shooting at Kent State University. Archival footage, photos, and individual reminiscences evoke the emotional responses to student protests over the United States’ involvement in Southeast Asia.

See the Trailer HERE.
Download the flyer here: HERE. -
Please help us spread the word far and wide!
(Free, Donations requested. Open to the public.)

Friday, May 15, 2015, 7:00 PM Film: "PRINCESS ANGELINE"
With the Filmmakers, Sandy & Yasu Osawa
(53 min, Sandy & Yasu Osawa, 2013 )
The first signer of the 1855 Treaty was Chief Seattle, father of Princess Angeline.
Duwamish longhouses once flourished in and around Seattle, but in 1865 Indians were ordered out of the city. Princess Angeline and a few others refused to leave, and we watch the city growing around them, leaving them landless. This film explores the story of the Duwamish people primarily through the life of Princess Angeline, who is buried in Seattle. The past is present as we learn about their continuing struggle for tribal recognition today.

Join us for a Community Discussion with award winning filmmakers Sandy & Yasu Osawa after the screening.
Selected DVDs from their 40 year career will be available for sale.

For more information, go to:http://upstreamvideos.com. Download the flyerHERE ...Please help us get the word out.
(Free, Donations requested. Open to the public.)

Friday, May 8, 2015, 7:00 PM
Film: "INHABIT: A PERMACULTURE PERSPECTIVE"(92 min, Costa Boutsikaris, 2015)With Special Guests:
Jessi Bloom and Dave Boehnlein,
Authors of the book: "Practical Permaculture for Home Landscapes, Your Community, and the Whole Earth"
INHABIT is a feature length documentary introducing permaculture: a design method that offers an ecological lens for solving issues related to agriculture, economics, and governance. The film presents a vast array of projects, concepts, and people, and it translates the diversity of permaculture into something that can be understood by an equally diverse audience.
For those familiar, it will be a call to action and a glimpse into what's possible - what kind of projects and solutions are already underway. For those unfamiliar, it will be an introduction to a new way of being and a new way of relating to the Earth. For everyone, it will be a reminder that humans are capable of being planetary healing forces.Join us following the film for a Q&A and community conversation with
Jessi Bloom & Dave Boehnlein.
The book will be for sale and Jessi & Dave will be available to sign.

See the Trailer here: https://vimeo.com/119915612
More info on Jessi Bloom and N.W. Bloom Ecological Landscapes: HERE
More info on Dave Boehnlein & Terra Phoenix: HERE
To purchase their book, Practical Permaculture, go to: http://bit.ly/1DaGnFaDownload the Flyer Here: Color or B&W
Please help us get the word out. (Event Is Open to the Public. Admission is by Donation.)

Friday, May 1, 2015, 7:00 PM Film: "PRIDE"
(119 min, Matthew Warchus, 2014)FOR LABOR DAY:In cooperation with the King County Labor CouncilPRIDE is inspired by an extraordinary true story. It’s the summer of 1984, Margaret Thatcher is in power and the National Union of Mineworkers is on strike, prompting a London-based group of gay and lesbian activists to raise money to support the strikers’ families.
Initially rebuffed by the Union, the group identifies a tiny mining village in Wales and sets off to make their donation in person. As the strike drags on, the two groups discover that standing together makes for the strongest union of all.

Friday, April 24, 2015, 7:00 PM Film: "TARGETING IRAN"
(71 min, Andy Norris, 2013)
With the latest letter from our Congress, Iran and the United States are on a collision course.
Through the lens of some of the world’s greatest sociopolitical thinkers, TARGETING IRAN examines the many political, historical, economic, military and cultural aspects of the U.S./Iranian tensions that are not often discussed in the mainstream media. Download the Flyer here:COLOR or B&W. Please help us get the word out. (Event Is Open to the Public. Admission is by Donation.)

Friday, April 17, 2015, 7:00 PM Film: "BRINGING IT HOME"
(52 min, Linda Booker and Blaire Johnson, 2013)Industrial Hemp: Healthy Houses, & a Greener Future for America. A case is made for the benefits of a misunderstood plant, and asks: why aren't we growing it here?Industrial Hemp is making headlines in American media with the recent Farm Bill amendment allowing hemp research crops in ten states. But why does Federal policy still classify and confuse this non-psychoactive plant with marijuana as a drug? BRINGING IT HOME tells the story of hemp's past, present and future through interviews with global hemp business leaders and entrepreneurs, archive images, animation and footage filmed in Europe and the United States.

Friday, April 10, 2015, 7:00 PM Film: "VESSEL" (90 min, Diana Whitten, 2014)With: EILEEN POLLET, Statewide Field Organizer for NARAL Pro-Choice Washington;
HALEI WATKINS, Planned Parenthood Votes Northwest’s Regional Field Organizer; and
DIANE BUSHLEY, International Program Manager at Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest.
Vessel begins with a young doctor who lived by the sea, and an unlikely idea. Rebecca Gomperts, horrified by the realities created by anti-abortion law around the world, felt compelled to challenge this. Her method: to provide abortions on a ship in offshore waters.
Her project, Women on Waves, begins as flawed spectacle, a media frenzy, faced with governmental, religious, and military blockades. But with each setback comes a more refined mission, until Rebecca has the revelation that she can use new technologies to bypass law – and train women to give themselves safe abortions using WHO-sanctioned protocols with pills.
We witness the creation of an underground network of emboldened, informed activists, working at the cutting edge of global reproductive rights, who trust women to handle abortion themselves. Vessel is Rebecca’s story: one of a woman who heard and answered a calling, and transformed a wildly improbable idea into a global movement.To see the Trailer go HERE
Download the Flyer HERE - Please help us get the word out.
(B&W flyer HERE)
and for more info on the film go HERE.
For more information on NARAL: http://www.prochoicewashington.org/
For more information on Planned Parenthood: (Event Is Open to the Public. Admission is by Donation.)

Friday, April 3, 2015, 7:00 PM Two Films:
"MOMENTA"(42 min, Andy Miller, 2014)
In America’s Pacific Northwest, communities are taking part in a historical opposition to Big Coal and its reckless pursuit of profits. The American coal industry plans to extract billions of tons of coal from the Powder River Basin and ship it to Asian markets via ports in Washington and Oregon. and:
Film: "BOMB TRAINS: THE CRUDE GAMBLE OF OIL BY RAIL"(23 min, VICE News, 2014)
Accelerating global climate change, its consequences and its immediate risks here in the Pacific NW.
(Event Is Open to the Public. Admission is by Donation.)

PLUS: Special Seattle-Based Panelists: (who also harness the power of art to open hearts, build bridges of understanding and heal):ERIKA BERG: Editor of the book Forced to Flee: Visual Stories by Refugee Youth from Burma - www.burmavisionsforpeace.orgPAM KEELEY: Artist, nurse and humanitarian - usually at the same time - www.pamkeeley.comCARINA DEL ROSARIO: Photography storyteller, teaching artist and curator - http://cadelrosario.com

Lily Yeh orchestrates community-based art projects in some of the most troubled places in the world, transforming lives, including her own. Her efforts are inspired by a belief that art is a human right and that artists can create a foundation for profound social change. A visually stunning and deeply emotional film, THE BAREFOOT ARTIST chronicles Lily Yeh’s remarkable journey as an artist, from her first exposure to Chinese landscape painting as a young girl in China to the hauntingly beautiful memorial she designed to honor the victims of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda where she taught survivors of violent conflict to create murals and build sculptures drawn from their own experience.
The film illustrates her methodology for community building, using art as a foundation, which has evolved over decades while she has worked in impoverished and traumatized communities, kindling hope and a sense of purpose worldwide.See the trailer and more on the film: HEREDownload the Flyer HERE - (B&W Flyer HERE)
Please help us get the word out on this great event! (Event Is Open to the Public. Admission is by Donation.)

Friday, March 20, 2015, 7:00 PM Film: "URANIUM DRIVE-IN" (70 min, Suzan Beraza, 2014)
Uranium Drive-In offers a springboard for national debate about rural poverty, economic development
issues, environmental concerns and nuclear energy. The film offers no easy answers but aims instead
to capture personal stories and paint a portrait of the lives behind this nuanced and complex issue. In
the 1950s, uranium mining was big business, creating jobs and driving the economy in the
communities of Nucla and Naturita.
Download the Flyer HERE
(Event Is Open to the Public. Admission is by Donation.)

Friday, March 13, 2015, 7:00 PM Film: "EARTH A NEW WILD" (55 min, Dave Allen, 2015)
EARTH A NEW WILD takes a fresh look at humankind's relationship to some of the planet's wild inhabitants as Dr. M. Sanjayan, a conservation scientist, leads us through five different countries. This film vividly demonstrates how complexly interwoven are the strands of humans, wild animals and habitats they all share. The New Wild is becoming a movement around the world that offers hope, transformation and inspiration!(Event Is Open to the Public. Admission is by Donation.)

Friday, March 6, 2015, 7:00 PM Film: "CLIMATE OF DOUBT"
CLIMATE OF DOUBT describes the individuals and groups behind an organized effort to attack science by undermining scientists, and to unseat politicians who say they believe there is current climate change caused by human activity.
(Event Is Open to the Public. Admission is by Donation.)

Friday, February 27, 2015, 7:00 PM Film: "THE LONG NIGHT" (69 min, Tim Matsui, 2015)WITH THE FILMMAKER, TIM MATSUISet in Seattle Washington, THE LONG NIGHT gives voice and meaning to the crisis of minors who are forced and coerced into the American sex trade. The film weaves together the stories of seven people whose lives have been forever changed by this issue.
Discussion to follow with film maker Tim Matsui
See more on the film, and the Trailer: http://www.thelongnightmovie.com/ and http://mediastorm.com/publication/the-long-night
(Event Is Open to the Public. Admission is by Donation.)

Follow up after the film:
Here are some of the resources that were mentioned at last night's discussion:

PARTNERSHIPS:
While a traditional screening and Q&A with the director is feasible and the most easily produced by the host organization, the purpose of Leaving the Life is to create local ownership of the issue, and the co-design of solutions.
We strongly suggest reaching out to local grassroots organizations, government, law enforcement, victim services, etc.
Some examples from the Seattle / King County area are:

Friday, Feb 20, 2015, 7:00 PM "PROJECT UNSPEAKABLE"A Dramatic Reading of Selected Sections of the Play, with Video Vignettes (A Play by Court Dorsey, with Associate writers Stephen Wangh & Debbie Lynangale), based on a book by Jim Douglass)AND OUR 12th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION!Portions of the play will be a read by Friends of Meaningful Movies, a collection of 12 readers from our own social justice community. And we'll augment the performance with interspersed historical videos.

ABOUT THE PLAY:
Coinciding with the 50th commemoration of the death of Malcolm X (Feb 21, 1965), PROJECT UNSPEAKABLE is a theatrical work about the role of Thomas Merton’s “Unspeakable” in the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert Kennedy.
From the authors of the play: A generation of baby-boomers who have lived most of their adult lives in the rubble of shattered dreams, who have seen the great leaders of their generation slaughtered in officially whitewashed circumstances, are invited to come forward to insist that the truth finally be uncovered regarding this destruction of lives and visionary leadership. In addition,
Project Unspeakable offers [everyone] a unique opportunity, not only to learn more about these four inspirational leaders of the 1960’s, but also to reenergize their recent efforts to confront current manifestations of the “Unspeakable,” as many have already been doing in the “Occupy” and climate action movements.

Download the Flyer HERE. Please help us get the word out!
Here's the Program For the event: Program

FOLLOWED BY FACILITATED COMMUNITY DISCUSSION. ...and regardless of your position, this will be a fascinating evening!
Light snacks.
(Event Is Open to the Public. Admission is by Donation.)

Friday, Feb 13, 2015, 7:00 PM Film: "BLACKFISH"
(93 min, Gabriela Cowperthwaite, 2013)With guests: Former Orca Trainer Carol Ray, and Empty the Tanks Worldwide Campaign Founder/COVE Guardian Rachel Carbary
Gabriela Cowperthwaite's Blackfish is proof that documentaries can change the world we live in. Blackfish tells the story of Tilikum, a captive performing Orca, exploring the whale’s extraordinary nature, and the species’ cruel treatment by the sea-park industry. The film challenges us to consider our relationship to nature and reveals how little we humans have learned from these highly intelligent and enormously sentient fellow mammals.Join us following the film for a great discussion with our guests: former Orca trainer Carol Ray, and Empty the Tanks Worldwide Campaign Founder/COVE Guardian Rachel Carbary.
Download the Flyer HERE. Please help us get the word out! See more on the film, and the Trailer: http://blackfishmovie.com/.
(Event Is Open to the Public. Admission is by Donation.)

IMPORTANT: SUPPORT HOUSE BILL HB-2115
Concerning Cetacean CaptivityCALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVE BY FEBRUARY 17th!
Why This Is Important:
This Bill protects cetaceans such as dolphins and killer whales from captivity, which experts have come to agree is harmful to the animal. http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2115&year=2015
If you live in Washington State, simply click on "comment" and fill out the form supporting the bill with whatever additional comment you have. thanks again!

Friday, Feb 6, 2015, 7:00 PM Film:"THE POWER OF FORGIVENESS"
(87 min, Martin Doblmeier, 2008)Featuring Thich Nhat Hanh, Elie Wiesel and others. The POWER of FORGIVENESS is a dramatic documentary film that takes an honest look at the intensity of anger and grief that human nature is heir to. It is a collection of seven short stories that profile some of the most dramatic transgressions imaginable along with stories that feel more familiar and manageable to the viewer. It explores the role forgiveness holds in various faith traditions and examines how the scientific community is now measuring the physical and mental benefits of letting go of grief and resentment."There is an underlying anger in our country that we see regularly in our movies, in the news, even on our highways. For some, that anger is acceptable while others are calling for a new direction in our thinking and the way we interact with others."
- Filmmaker Martin Doblmeier.
See the Trailer: https:/www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BeC-mmAlNY
Join us following the film for a great discussion.
(Event Is Open to the Public. Admission is by Donation.)

Friday, Jan 30, 2015, 7:00 PM Film: "TOXIC HOT SEAT"
(91 min, James Redford, Kirby Walker, 2013)
TOXIC HOT SEAT tells the story of a growing tide of activists, journalists and citizen groups who are bringing an end to the era of manipulation and misinformation about hidden toxic chemicals. The film shows the struggle to remove toxic flame retardant chemicals from our couches, environment and bodies. These chemicals are linked to lower IQ in children, thyroid disease, infertility, cancer and other rising rates of health problems. They are found in every living being on earth.
The time is now for the entire country to insist on a toxic free future.
Look at: Toxic Hot Seat Q&A
See the trailer & more info on the film: http://www.toxichotseatmovie.com/
Join us following the film for a great discussion.
(Event Is Open to the Public. Admission is by Donation.)

Friday, Jan 23, 2015, 7:00 PM Film: "RETURN OF THE RIVER"With the Filmmaker, John Gussman
(69 min, John Gussman, Jessica Plumb, 2014)(NOTE: THE JAN 15th SCREENING AT TOWN HALL IS SOLD OUT)
"Return of the River" offers a story of hope and possibility amid grim environmental news. It is a film for our time: an invitation to consider crazy ideas that could transform the world for the better. It features an unlikely success story for environmental and cultural restoration.
Fundamentally, the Elwha River in Washington State is a story about people and the land they inhabit. The film captures the tenacity of individuals who would not give up on a river, mirroring the tenacity of salmon headed upstream to spawn. It is a narrative with global ramifications, exploring the complex relationship between communities and the environment that sustains them. The camera soars over mountain headwaters, dives into schools of salmon, and captures turbines grinding to a halt; as the largest dam removal project in history begins. The film features people and perspectives on all sides of the Elwha debate, reflecting the many voices of the Elwha valley.

ATOMIC CAFE is one of the defining documentaries of the 20th century, this darkly humorous documentary consists of archival footage about nuclear warfare. Drawing largely on government propaganda and training films for American soldiers, the movie, presented in collage form, features clips from early in the Cold War era that are filled with alarming misinformation. Some segments address the alleged safety of nuclear radiation, “duck and cover” drills and other related topics, including instructions for living in a fallout shelter.

See the trailers: 1: HERE; 2: HEREDownload the FlyerHERE. Please help us get the word out.

The film will be followed by a presentation by our special guest, Dr. Dave Hall from Ground Zero Center For Nonviolent Action (http://gzcenter.com) on the status of the Trident Submarine nuclear capability, and what efforts are currently underway to abolish nuclear weapons altogether. This will include Q&A and a facilitated discussion. For detailed facts on the Trident system, see: http://www.gzcenter.org/trident/.
Join us following the film for a great discussion.(Event Is Open to the Public. Admission is by Donation, no one refused entry for lack of funds.)

CARPOOLING TO GROUND ZERO & BANGOR: We will be carpooling to the Ground Zero Center For Nonviolent Action in Poulsbo. MEET AT 8:00AM AT KEYSTONE CHURCH, 5019 KEYSTONE PLACE N (in Wallingford); LEAVING AT 8:30AM SHARP, SAT. JAN 17th. Carpool will be organized that morning. If you have a car, please bring it. We will consolidate.
We will be taking the 9:40 AM Ferry from Edmonds to Kingston.

Friday, Jan 9, 2015, 7:00 PM Film: "AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY: THE EVOLUTION OF GRACE LEE BOGGS" (82 min, Grace Lee, 2013)
What does it mean to be an American revolutionary today?
Join us for this amazing film!
Grace Lee Boggs, 98, is a Chinese American philosopher, writer, and activist in Detroit with a thick FBI file and a surprising vision of what an American revolution can be. Rooted for 75 years in the labor, civil rights and Black Power movements, she challenges a new generation to throw off old assumptions, think creatively and redefine revolution for our times.
In an age when seemingly insurmountable injustices and contradictions face us,

AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY inspires concerned citizens and dreamers of all ages with new thinking to sustain their struggle and engagement.
This event is a collaboration with the award-winning documentary series P.O.V.

See the Trailer and more information HERE:
Join us following the film for a great discussion.
Please help us get the word out.
(Event Is Open to the Public. Admission is by Donation.)

NO FILMS DECEMBER 26, 2014, or JANUARY 2, 2015
Join us on Friday, January 9th for a line up of films for the New Year!

Friday, Dec 19, 2014, 7:00 PM Film: "THE HUMAN FACE OF BIG DATA" (56 min, Sandy Smolan, 2014)
With the rapid emergence of online devices from cell phones to tablets to PCs, an unstoppable, invisible force is changing human lives in ways from the microscopic to the gargantuan: Big Data, a word that was barely used a few years ago but now governs the day for many of us. This massive gathering and analyzing of data in real time is allowing us to not only address some of humanity's biggest challenges but is also helping create a new kind of planetary nervous system. The Human Face of Big Data captures the promise and peril of this extraordinary knowledge revolution.
See the Trailer and more information HERE
Download the FLYER and help us get the word out. Thanks! Join us following the film for a great discussion.
(Event Is Open to the Public. Admission is by Donation.)

Friday, December 12, 2014, 7:00 PM Film: "OLD MAN RIVER" (71 min, Cynthia Gates Fujikawa, Allan Holzman, 1999)WITH THE FILMMAKER, CYNTHIA GATES FUJIKAWA Old Man River is an unusual portrait of a daughter trying to know her stoic and enigmatic Nisei father, years after his death. In a stirring collage of archival footage and still images, Cynthia Gates Fujikawa's one-woman performance creates a kaleidoscopic portrait of her father. The film also explores an infrequently addressed subject, American racism--specifically the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, and the profound effect incarceration had on Fujikawa and his family. We are expecting Cynthia Gates Fujikawa to join us for the evening.
See the Trailer and more information here: http://vimeo.com/16788582Download the flyer HEREJoin us following the film for a great discussion.(Event Is Open to the Public. Admission is by Donation.)

Friday, December 5, 2014, 7:00 PMFilm: "A WILL FOR THE WOODS" (94 min, Amy Browne, Jeremy Kaplan, Tony Hale, Brian Wilson, 2014)WITH KATHY LONG, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE PEOPLE'S MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION And a fascinating discussion about Green Burials
...What if our last act could be a gift to the planet? Capturing the genesis of a revolutionary social and environmental movement, A WILL FOR THE WOODS draws the viewer into a life-affirming and immersive portrait of people embracing their connection to timeless natural cycles.
Musician, folk dancer, and psychiatrist Clark Wang prepares for his own green burial, determined that his final resting place will benefit the earth. He has discovered a movement that uses burial to conserve and restore natural areas, forgoing toxic, wasteful funeral practices engineered to preserve the body at the ecosystem's expense.
See the Trailer and more information here:http://www.awillforthewoods.com/
Download the Flyer HERE. Please help us get the word out. Join us following the film for a great discussion with Kathy Long, Executive Director of People's Memorial.(Event Is Open to the Public. Admission is by Donation.)

Friday, November 28, 2014, 7:00 PM Film: "FED UP" (94 min, Stephanie Soechtig, 2014)
Everything we’ve been told about food and exercise for the past 30 years is dead wrong. FED UP is the film the food industry doesn’t want you to see. From Katie Couric, Laurie David (Oscar winning producer of AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH) and director Stephanie Soechtig, FED UP will change the way you eat forever.Join us for the discussion following the film.
See the Trailer: HERE.
More information and what you can do: HERE. (Event Is Open to the Public. Admission is by Donation.)

Friday, November 21, 2014, 7:00 PM Film: "LONG NIGHT'S JOURNEY INTO DAY" (94 min, Deborah Hoffmann, Frances Reid, 2000) For over forty years, South Africa was governed by the most notorious form of racial domination since Nazi Germany. When it finally collapsed, those who had enforced apartheid's rule wanted amnesty for their crimes. Their victims wanted justice. As a compromise, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was formed. South Africa is now showing the rest of the world that even the most bitter of conflicts can be addressed through honesty and communication. LONG NIGHT'S JOURNEY INTO DAY provides the definitive record of one of the most ambitious and innovative attempts at social reconciliation without precedent in human history.
See the Trailer and more information here:http://www.irisfilms.org/films/long-nights-journey-into-day/Join us following the film for a great discussion.(Event Is Open to the Public. Admission is by Donation.)

Friday, November 14, 2014, 7:00 PM Film: "WE THE OWNERS" (52 min, David Romero, 2012) WITH A PANEL DISCUSSION ON WORKER-OWNED COOPERATIVES and E.S.O.P.'s (Employee Stock Ownership Plans).
Featuring:
ELAINE NONNEMAN
with S.L.I.C.E.,
ALLISON BOOTH GRIBAS with EQUAL EXCHANGE, and
MARK DWORKIN, FILMMAKER OF "SHIFT CHANGE".
Could this be a new model for our economy? The film features employee owners from New Belgium Brewing, Namasté Solar and DPR Construction. This film follows nicely after the film, "The Next American Revolution" shown several months ago with Gar Alperavitz. (If you missed the film, click HERE for a similar presentation.)
Successfully thriving in the global economy of the 21st century and beyond will require new business models and strategies to enable the American Dream of opportunity and economic prosperity.
This film focuses on the E.S.O.P. form of employee ownership, but the discussion will extend well beyond this to other forms of worker-owned businesses and cooperatives. Download the Flyer:HERE. Please help us get the word out. For the Trailer and more information, see:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sszYBw8tYoJoin us following the film for a great panel discussion and Q&A with some of the people who are moving the concept of Worker-Owned Co-operative Businesses forward.

AND THERE ARE MORE RESOURCESon our "Past Films" Page HERE. Scroll down to July 18th under the film title "THE NEW AMERICAN REVOLUTION"

(Event Is Open to the Public. Admission is by Donation.)

Friday, November 7, 2014, 7:00 PM Film: "THE GREAT VACATION
SQUEEZE" (27 min, John de Graaf, 2014)WITH THE FILMMAKER, JOHN DE GRAAF
...PLUS A SPECIAL SURPRISE SEATTLE PREMIERE OF THE FILM, "C.E.S. WOOD" From the producer of the classic AFFLUENZA, "THE GREAT VACATION SQUEEZE" shows why vacations are important for productivity, happiness, family bonding and especially health.
Americans have the shortest vacations of any rich country. And they are actually getting even shorter. The U.S. is one of only five countries in the world -- the others are Burma, Nepal, Suriname and Guyana -- which have no law guaranteeing any paid vacation time for workers.
Vacations matter -- for productivity, happiness, family bonding and especially, health.

We are also pleased to announce a last minute film addidtion to the evening: "C.E.S. WOOD", also by filmmaker John De Graaf!
"C.E.S. Wood"
tells the story of the renaissance man, C.E.S. Wood, who was a West Point Grad, Indian Fighter, Painter, Poet, Essayist, Arts Patron, Civic Leader, Free Speech Advocate, Attorney, Anti-imperialist, Friend of the Nez Pierce and Defender of Radical Activists.

Download the Flyer:HERE
See the Trailer for "The Great Vacation Squeeze" and more information here:http://www.bullfrogfilms.com/catalog/gvac.htmlJoin us following the film for a discussion with John de Graaf, the filmmaker, and the National Organizer of the TAKE BACK YOUR TIME movement. LEARN WHAT YOU CAN DO TO BRING ABOUT A CHANGE IN THE U.S.(Event Is Open to the Public. Admission is by Donation.)

Friday, October 31st, 2014, 7:00 PM (…Please come at 6:30 and visit with your neighbors) Film: "LAST CALL"
(90 min, Enrico Cerasuolo and Massimo Arvat, 2013)THE UNTOLD REASONS FOR THE GLOBAL CRISIS LAST CALL examines the predictions and impact of one of the most important and controversial environmental books of all time, ‘The Limits to Growth,’ published four decades ago.
It tells the story of the rise and fall, and today's rebirth of one of the most controversial and inspiring movements of all times - the struggle to come to terms with global climate change and limits to growth. Its message is today more relevant than ever: unlimited growth in a limited planet will bring our society and environment into overshoot and on the edge of collapse. Supported by extraordinary archive materials, 'The Limits to Growth' authors provide a provocative insight on the reasons of the global crisis and share their visions of our common future.
Is there still time for a last call?
See the Trailer and more information here: www.lastcallthefilm.org (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, October 24th, 2014, 7:00 PM (…Please come at 6:30 and visit with your neighbors) AS ONE OF THE VENUES FOR THE 2014 SOCIAL JUSTICE FILM FESTIVAL, WE ARE EXTREMELY PLEASED TO PRESENT: Film: "THE GHOSTS IN OUR
MACHINE" (60 min, Liz Marshall, 2013)With Guest Rachel Bjork from NARN, and Heather Bolint, Seattle Director of the Humane LeagueWith the exceptionof our companion animals and a few wild and stray species within our urban environments, we experience animals daily only as the food, clothing, animal-tested goods and entertainment we make of them. This moral dilemma is often hidden from our view.
This multi-award winning documentary charts acclaimed photographer Jo-Anne McArthur’s efforts to bring wider attention to a topic that most of humankind strives hard to avoid. Are non-human animals property to be owned and used? Or are they sentient beings deserving of rights?Join us for a facilitated discussion after the film with NARN.More info on NARN (Northwest Animal Rights Network):http://www.narn.org/More information on The Humane League:http://www.thehumaneleague.com/ (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Meaningful Movies is proud to be a supporter of the Social Justice Film Festival, and we encourage you not only to attend this series of amazing films, but to get involved and support them as well.
Much more information is available here: http://www.socialjusticefilmfestival.org/The 2014 Social Justice Film Festival showcaes "works that challenge society structures all over the globe on a macro and micro level as well as works that challenge the medium." ...These are a dedicated group of folks doing incredible work. -Thanks!!

Friday, October 17th, 2014, 7:00 PM (…Please come at 6:30 and visit with your neighbors) Film: "AFTERMASS"
Bicycling in a Post-Critical Mass Portland (74 min, Joe Biel , 2014)WITH THE DIRECTOR , JOE BIEL,
AND A GREAT PANEL DISCUSSION: - Anne King, Car Free Days blog
- Blake Trask, Washington Bikes Advocacy Director
- Cathy Tuttle, Seattle Neighborhood Greenways
- Davey Oil, G&O Family Cyclery
- Elizabeth Kiker, Cascade Bicycle Club Executive Director The world looks to Portland, Oregon as an example of how bicycle culture can blossom out of the ruinous freeways of car-oriented civilization. This is the first feature documentary to explore the events, people, politics, and social changes that led to Portland becoming the first major bicycle city in the United States.
AFTERMASS features many of the leaders and major participants behind the growth of bicycling ridership since 1971. The narrative demonstrates the complex dynamic throughout the 1990s between advocacy organizations, politicians, city planners, and the then new, grassroots Critical Mass ride. The film is full of smiling faces on two wheels, but also explores the controversies, setbacks, and bumps along the way, including riots, political roadblocks, and an illegal police spy.
The film provides new and vital insights into Portland's transportation history as well as into paths other cities can follow to healthy planning and a green future.Our panel discussion follows with thoughtful, articulate people in Seattle who’ve been observing trends in the development of how Seattle has grown to support people who bike.See the trailer and more info http://microcosmpublishing.com/aftermass Join us following the film for a great panel discussion, Q&A and discussion!
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, October 10th, 2014, 7:00 PM (…Please come at 6:30 and visit with your neighbors) Film: "TELL THE TRUTH AND RUN"George Seldes and the American Press(90 min, Rick Goldsmith, 1996)"TELL THE TRUTH AND RUN raises fundamental questions about the recorded history of the Twentieth Century; about freedom, fairness and diversity in the media; about power and abuse of power; and about public citizenship and the democratic process."Eighty years a newspaperman, Seldes was a noted foreign correspondent who became America's most important press critic. Through Seldes's encounters with Pershing, Lenin and Mussolini; the tobacco industry, J. Edgar Hoover and the "lords of the press," Tell The Truth and Run raises profound ethical, professional and political questions about journalism in America.
Seldes at age 98 is the centerpiece of the film: remarkably engaging, witty and still impassioned about his ideas and ideals.
See the trailer and more info HERE Facilitated discussion follows.
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, October 3rd, 2014, 7:00 PM (…Please come at 6:30 and visit with your neighbors) Film: "KOCH BROTHERS EXPOSED" (2014 Edition) (56 min, Robert Greenwald, 2013)Billionaires David and Charles Koch have been handed the ability to buy our democracy in the form of giant checks to the House, Senate, and soon, possibly even the Presidency. This updated version shines an even brighter light on them as we head toward the 2014 Elections. More info HERE Facilitated discussion follows.
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, September 26th, 2014, 7:00 PM Film: "HAPPY" (76 min, Roko Belic, 2011)Joining us:THE WALLINGFORD COMMUNITY SENIOR CENTER! and...
THE HAPPINESS ALLIANCE! (Home Of The Happiness Initiative
And The Gross National Happiness Index)(76 min, Roko Belic, 2011)ARE WE IN THE MIDST OF A HAPPINESS REVOLUTION? Join us for a Community Discussion with Sarah Frey and Victoria Dzenis from the Wallingford Community Senior Center.
Does money make you HAPPY? Kids and family? Your work? Do you live in a world that values and promotes happiness and well-being?
Roko Belic, director of the Academy Award® nominated “Genghis Blues” now brings us HAPPY, a film that sets out to answer these questions and more. Taking us from the bayous of Louisiana to the deserts of Namibia, from the beaches of Brazil to the villages of Okinawa, HAPPY explores the secrets behind our most valued emotion.For more information on Wallingford Community Senior Center, go to:http://wallingfordseniors.org/For more information on The Happiness Alliance and the Gross National Happiness Index: www.happycounts.org/See the Trailer: http://www.thehappymovie.com/Download the flyer HERE.
Facilitated discussion follows.
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).
___________________________________________________________TAKE THE GROSS HAPPINESS INDEX SURVEY,
SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS AUDIENCE! ...WE'LL DISCUSS THE RESULTS THIS FRIDAY!Many took survey (and the discussion was great!) BUT MORE WANTED TO TAKE THE SURVEY! - SO WE ARE EXTENDING THE SURVEY COMPILATIONS UNTIL OCT 15th, and will post.(Survey is anonymous.)YOU CAN CONTINUE TO TAKE THE SURVEY HERE:http://happycounts.org/survey/GNH/MeaningfulMoviesHappy2014AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO UPDATE IT.
(And please feel free to forward on others!)

SUMARY OF THE SURVEY (as of Sep 26, 2014):The Current Results are postedHERE! "Meaningful Movies scores are currently for 23 of us, and we'll update as this grows:
- Time Balance scores are higher than most groups.
- Your scores are higher in every domain except UK Happiness Index.
What happiness science tells us, is to focus on your leverage points to increase your happiness and life satisfaction."
More information on interpreting the data can be found at: www.happycounts.org/
___________________________________________________________________RESOUCES FOR THE EVENING:
1. Article: "Happiness in Public Policy" by Laura Musikanski with the Happiness Alliance http://happycounts.org. DOWNLOAD HERE.
2. Individual Happiness Handbook: DOWNLOAD HERE.
3. Gross National Happiness Index (Reg Version): HERE.

...The Movie!!

Take the Gross Happiness
Index Survey: HEREWe'll
Look
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This
Friday Evening10 things sciensce says will
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Friday, September 19th, 2014, 7:00 PM Film: "TRIGGER"The Ripple Effect of Gun Violence(54 min, David Barnhart, 2010)
In the United States more than 30,000 people are killed every year by gun violence; many more are wounded. The disaster caused by gun violence is seen in almost every community. We may hear briefly about the victims and survivors of these shootings, but what happens after the media attention moves on and the wider public becomes numb to "just another shooting"?
TRIGGER frames gun violence as a “disaster” and “public health” issue. The film examines how shootings impact individuals, families and communities and give voices to the questions and insights that arise. In the documentary, all those scarred by gun violence arrive at the question, "Why did this happen to us?” After looking at these in depth experiences of gun violence, Trigger turns its attention to the bigger question, "What can we do to prevent gun violence?” See the Trailer: https://vimeo.com/53705277
More information at: http://triggerdoc.com/
Facilitated discussion follows.
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, September 12th, 2014, 7:00 PM Film: "A SENSE OF WONDER"Rachel Carson's love for the natural world and her fight to defend it.(89 min, Christopher Monger, 2008)A SENSE OF WONDER is an intimate and poignant portrait of Carson's life as she emerges as America's most successful advocate for the natural world.When pioneering environmentalist Rachel Carson published "Silent Spring" in 1962, the backlash from her critics thrust her into the center of a political maelstrom. Despite her private persona, her convictions about the risks posed by chemical pesticides forced her into the role of controversial public figure.Actress Kaiulani Lee embodies this extraordinary woman in a documentary style film which depicts Carson in the final year of her life. Struggling with cancer, Carson recounts with both humor and anger the attacks by the chemical industry, the government and the press as she focuses her limited energy to get her message to Congress and the American people.
See the Trailer and extras: http://www.asenseofwonderfilm.com/
Facilitated discussion follows.
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

SEPT 5th STARTS A NEW SEASON
OF GREAT MEANINGFUL MOVIES!

Friday, September 5th, 2014, 6:30 to 9:30 PM NOTE SPECIAL START TIME: 6:30 PMFilm: "SWEET DREAMS" (89 min, Lisa Fruchtman, Rob Fruchtman, 2012)And a Special Drum Performance by:
SIMONE LaDRUMMA AND FRIENDS! Featuring: Simone LaDrumma, Brooke Greiner, Cynthia Ewers,
Sheree Seretse and JoAnn MotonWhat do Rwanda, drumming and ice cream have in common?
A VERY SPECIAL BEGINNING FOR OUR NEW FILM SEASON! JOIN THE FESTIVITIES:
6:30: A NEIGHBORHOOD ICE CREAM SOCIAL (SNOQUALMIE ICE CREAM!)
6:30: DRUMMING PERFORMANCE withSIMONE LaDRUMMA AND FRIENDS!
7:00: AN EXTRAORDINARY MOVIE
8:45: A DRUMMING CIRCLE FOLLOWING THE FILM ...we'll provide drums! Powerful sounds pierce the silence of the Rwandan countryside. Curious children gawk outside the gate. This is something new in Rwanda—a group of women, 60 strong, pounding out rhythms of power and joy.
In 1994 Rwanda suffered a devastating genocide. Close to a million were killed by neighbors, friends, even family. Horror swept the land. And when it was over, those who remained were broken, dead inside.
The country has made great strides in economic recovery, but "people are not like roads and buildings" says Kiki Katese, pioneering Rwandan theater director. "How do we rebuild a human being?"
Kiki decided to start Ingoma Nshya, Rwanda's first and only women's drumming troupe, open to women from both sides of the conflict. There was only one requirement: to leave the categories of the past at the gate.
For the women—orphans, widows, wives and children of perpetrators—the group has been a place to begin to live again, to build new relationships, to heal the wounds of the past. Yet the struggle to survive and provide for their families still persists.
So when Kiki came up with the idea to open Rwanda's first and only ice cream shop, the women were intrigued … What was ice cream exactly and how would they do it? Kiki invited Jennie and Alexis of Brooklyn's Blue Marble Ice Cream to come to Rwanda to help the drummers open their shop, which they aptly named Inzozi Nziza(Sweet Dreams).
Sweet Dreams follows this remarkable group of Rwandan women as they emerge from the devastation of the genocide to create a new future for themselves.
"Because of our history, people know how to fight against, but not for," Kiki says. "We want to change that equation."
See the Trailer: http://www.sweetdreamsrwanda.com/trailer/
Download the flyer here: COLOR or B&W
Please join us this extraordinary eveing. (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

NO FILMS Friday, AUGUST 1st THRU AUGUST 29th, 2014WE'LL BE BACK SEPT 5th ...WE'RE OFF FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST FOR A LITTLE ORGANIZATIONAL RECUPERATION TIME.PLEASE JOIN US ON SEPT 5th FOR A NEW SEASON OF GREAT MEANINGFUL MOVIES!

Friday, July 25, 2014, 7:00 to 9:30 PM(…Please come at 6:30 and visit with your neighbors)Film: "THE GREAT DICTATOR"(125 min, Charles Chaplin, 1940)JOIN US FOR A LITTLE SUMMER FUN!
...THE LAST FILM OF
OUR 11th SEASON In his controversial masterpiece The Great Dictator, Charlie Chaplin offers both a cutting caricature of Adolf Hitler and a sly tweaking of his own comic persona. Chaplin, in his first pure talkie, brings his sublime physicality to two roles: the cruel yet clownish “Tomainian” dictator and the kindly Jewish barber who is mistaken for him.
Featuring Jack Oakie and Paulette Goddard in stellar supporting turns, The Great Dictator, boldly going after the fascist leader before the U.S.’s official entry into World War II, is an audacious amalgam of politics and slapstick that culminates in Chaplin’s famously impassioned speech.
More info and the Trailer: HERE
Please join us following the film for a facilitated discussion. WE START OUR 12th SEASON ON SEPT 5th! (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, July 18, 2014, 7:00 to 9:30 PM(…Please come at 6:30 and visit with your neighbors) Film: "THE NEXT AMERICAN REVOLUTION"
Gar Alperovitz:
Beyond Corporate Capitalism and State Socialism (47 min, Sut Jhally, 2013)Along with S.L.I.C.E. & Central Co-op, please join us for:A PANEL DISCUSSION ON THE FUTURE OF WORKER-OWNED COOPERATIVES
with panelists:ALISON BOOTH with Equal Exchange, S.L.I.C.E. & DAWN
MARK DWORKIN, filmmaker, "Shift Change" on the worker-owned cooperative movement and SCOTT DAVIS with Black Cofffee Co-op
While there's been no shortage of commentary about the structural crisis plaguing the American economic and political system, from wage stagnation and chronic unemployment to unchecked corporate and state power and growing inequality, analyses that offer practical, politically viable solutions to these problems have been few and far between.
Pointing to efforts already under way in thousands of communities across the U.S., from co-ops and community land trusts to municipal, state, and federal initiatives that promote entrepreneurship and sustainability, Alperovitz marshals years of research to show how bottom-up strategies can work to check monopolistic corporate power, democratize wealth, and empower communities. The result is a highly accessible look at the current economy and a common-sense roadmap for building a system more in sync with American values.Download the Flyer HERE.
More info and the Trailer: http://www.garalperovitz.com/nextamericanrevolution/

ALSO:
- Organize a viewing of the amazing film, Shift Change
- Play the board game, Coopoly!
- Download the handout: "What is a Worker Coop": HERE
- Sample Steering Committee Agreement (thanks to nwcdc.coop): HERE
- Attend the biennial Western Worker Cooperative Conference in September 2015. It is a great opportunity to meet other cooperators, and a great way to attend several educational panels and workshops at one low cost. Details TBA, sign up for news HERE.
- See the Worker Co-op Toolbox from the Northcountry Cooperative Foundation and the "Cooperative Starter Series" from Northwest Cooperative Development Center
- You can also browse American Worker Coop
- Check out the resource library at the Democracy at Work Institute. Details on their webinars are available HERE.
- If your group committed, to developing a co-op, we suggest that you establish a formal steering committee. (See the "Steering Committee Agreement" referenced above). When you have organized a steering committee, contact DAWN Peer Advisors to talk about specific trainings or projects that might be good for your group.

(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, July 11, 2014, 7:00 to 9:30 PM(…Please come at 6:30 and visit with your neighbors) Film: "DEAR GOVERNOR CUOMO"
New Yorkers Against Fracking in One Voice(75 min, Jon Bowermaster, 2012)On a rainy night in May of 2012 a coalition of musicians, scientists and activists gathered in Albany on the governor’s front doorstep, calling for a ban on hydraulic-fracturing.
With the news that Governor Andrew Cuomo might lift the moratorium on fracking in New York any day, the event was assembled in less than a month. Two rehearsals in 24 hours and it was showtime!
The goal of the varied participants, many of whom had never met before this night, was to explain in clear terms the environmental, economic and health risks of fracking and to motivate people to rise up against the practice using a unique blend of music and message. The cord that bound them all was that they were first and foremost New Yorkers: New Yorkers Against Fracking.
The film that resulted from the night is a unique blend of “The Last Waltz” and “An Inconvenient Truth”.
Download the Flyer HERE.
Trailer: http://www.dear-governor-cuomo.com/about/PLUS: The Short Film: "THE SKY IS PINK"(19 min, Josh Fox, 2012)
An emergency short film from Josh Fox, the Oscar-nominated director of the fim, GASLAND addressing the urgent crisis of drilling and fracking in New York state.(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, July 4, 2014, - - - - - - - SORRY, NO FILM THIS WEEK
...
SEE YOU AT GASWORKS!While we love fireworks, it's always a conflicted issue to resolve internally. Fireworks historically symbolize 'bombs bursting in air' from our Star Spangled Banner. Patriots we are. But war, violence, greed, selfishness, self-aggrandizement, or fear will never be the answer. We would much prefer to look at democracy as a concept rooted in working together, neighbor with neighbor, nation with nation - toward a world manifesting itself in peace and justice.
We will be at Gasworks, and hope you can join us there for a joyous celebration of the potential we hold together for a truly meaningful future.

WAGE PEACE

WORK TO STOP GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE

Saturday, June 28, 2014, 6:55PM - SPECIAL EVENT! - >>Note Location: Sundance Cinema, 4500 9th Ave NE<<WAMEND.org & MeaningfulMovies.org present the film:
“CITIZEN KOCH” (89 min, Carl Deal and Tia Lessin, 2013) AND a Q&A following the film with the film's
director CARL DEAL and LIBBY CARR with WAMEND.org.Get BIG MONEY out of politics! Support I-1329: The “We the People” Initiative.Time is running out! Go to http://www.wamend.org/
...If there's one political film you see this year, make it CITIZEN KOCH - alternately terrifying and funny.DISCOUNT THEATER TICKETS WITH THIS VOUCHER - Note: Price is listed as 'Senior Rate' - BUT IT APPLIES TO ALL AGES!
With the U.S. Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling opening the floodgates for unlimited political spending, it’s now easier than ever to buy an election. But what happens when the voters realize that the billionaires and corporations doing the buying don’t have the people’s best interests at heart? This question is at the core of CITIZEN KOCH.
A searing exposé on the state of American democracy and the fracturing of the Republican Party, CITIZEN KOCH investigates the money behind the Tea Party and traces the impact of unlimited election spending.
See the trailer here: http://watch.citizenkoch.com/
Download the Flyer COLOR or B&W. or HALFSIZE (flip on short side). Please help us get the word out.Following the film, we’ll get a report on Initiative I-1329 and what the next steps are. We’ll then have an opportunity to direct questions to both academy award-winning director Carl Deal, and Campaign Manager for the I-1329 “We The People” Initiative, Libby Carr. THE IMPORTANCE OF INITIATIVE I-1329: This will put the State of Washington on record as calling for an amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The amendment will empower the people to pass laws which will limit and control money in politics. We believe this amendment is needed to declare the intent of the people to make political candidates and representatives solely responsive to the needs and desires of the people. For more detail, go to http://www.wamend.org/.
Tickets for this special screening of CITIZEN KOCH can be purchased HERE.
For more up to date info, go to our Facebook page: HERE.

LOCATION:SUNDANCE CINEMA4500 9th Avenue NE- about 3 blocks east of I-5 in the University District. Seattle, WA 98105

Friday, June 27, 2014, 7:00 to 9:30 PM(…Please come at 6:30 and visit with your neighbors) Film: "HOW TO SURVIVE A PLAGUE"(110 min, David France, 2012)
Faced with their own mortality an improbable group of young people, many of them HIV-positive young men, broke the mold as radical warriors taking on Washington and the medical establishment.
This is the story of two coalitions—ACT UP and TAG (Treatment Action Group)—whose activism and innovation turned AIDS from a death sentence into a manageable condition. Despite having no scientific training, these self-made activists infiltrated the pharmaceutical industry and helped identify promising new drugs, moving them from experimental trials to patients in record time.
With unfettered access to a treasure trove of never-before-seen archival footage from the 1980s and '90s, filmmaker David France puts the viewer smack in the middle of the controversial actions, the heated meetings, the heartbreaking failures, and the exultant breakthroughs of heroes in the making.
See the Trailer here: http://surviveaplague.com/
Please join us following the film for a facilitated discussion. (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, June 20, 2014, 6:30 to 9:30 PM(…6:30 until 7:00, we'll have an observation bee hive, honey tasting and sales - several flavors, beekeepers to talk to, or visit with your neighbors) Film: "MORE THAN HONEY" (95 min, Markus Imhoof, 2012)
AND A CELEBRATION OF NATIONAL
POLLINATOR WEEK (JUNE 16-23)WITH THE PUGET SOUND BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION and OTHERS!...Exhibits, Q&A with bee experts, and honey for sampling & sale at most screenings.NOTE: For more information, articles, and recommendations to make the discussion following this film more interesting, please go HERE.

This is part
of a series of Meaningful Movies screenings of this film throughout the Seattle area in the month of June. Each will feature bee experts, exhibits, honey for sampling and more. For more information, dates, times and locations, please look here.
Flyers are available here: 11x17 or 8-1/2x11

MORE THAN HONEY (95 min, Markus Imhoof, 2012) is a film on the relationship between mankind and honeybees, about nature and about our future. Honeybees show us that stability is just as unhealthy as unlimited growth; that crises and disasters are triggering evolution; and that solutions sometime come from a completely unexpected directions.
Honey bees appeared on Earth 60 million years before humankind, are responsible for over 80% of plant species being pollinated, and are indispensable to our survival. And along with other pollinating animals - birds, butterflies, bats, beetles and more - are vital to our delicate ecosystem.
But over the past 15 years, due to “Colony Collapse Disorder”, colonies of bees have been decimated throughout the world. Should we blame pesticides or even the medications used to combat them? Parasites? Viruses? Traveling stress? Or a combination of all?
View the trailer here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wh_IRrBeu-0The Puget Sound Beekeepers Association will be joining us for the discussion and to answer questions.They will set up an observation hive for display at 6:30, and will have honey tasting and honey/honey products there for sale.
NOTE: The observation hive will have live bees, ...safely contained, of course.
Download the Flyer HERE: 11x17 or 8-1/2x11This is part
of a series of screenings of this film. For more information, a press release, and other locations, go HERE
Please join us following the film for a facilitated discussion.
More information is available on The Puget Sound Beekeepers Association at: http://www.pugetsoundbees.org/
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted)

Friday, June 13, 2014, 7:00 to 9:30 PM(…Please come at 6:30 and visit with your neighbors) Film: "TOXIC SLUDGE IS GOOD FOR YOU"The Public Relations Industry Unspun(45 min, Loretta Alper & Sut Jhally, 2002)
While advertising is the visible component of the corporate system, perhaps even more important and pervasive is its invisible partner, the public relations industry. This video illuminates this hidden sphere of our culture and examines the way in which the management of "the public mind" has become central to how our democracy is controlled by political and economic elites.
TOXIC SLUDGE IS GOOD FOR YOU illustrates how much of what we think of as independent, unbiased news and information has its origins in the boardrooms of the public relations companies.
See the Trailer HERE.
Download the Flyer HERE.
Please join us following the film for a facilitated discussion. (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, June 6, 2014, 7:00 to 9:30 PM(…Please come at 6:30 and visit with your neighbors) Film: "HOW TO MAKE MONEY SELLING DRUGS" (96 min, Matthew Cooke, 2012)with MATT McCALLY, from L.E.A.P. (Law Enforcement Against Prohibition) A Look at the New Washington State Marijuana Laws and the Continuing War on Drugs
A shockingly candid examination of how a street dealer can rise to cartel lord with relative ease, How to Make Money Selling Drugs is an insider’s guide to the violent but extremely lucrative drug industry.
Told from the perspective of former drug dealers, and featuring interviews with rights advocates Russell Simmons, Susan Sarandon, and David Simon (creator of “The Wire”), the film gives you the lessons you need to start your own drug empire while exposing the corruption behind the "war on drugs."
Please join us following the film for a facilitated discussion with MAtt McCally from L.E.A.P..
More information on the film is available at: http://bit.ly/TactlF
The trailer can be see HERE.
ALSO: If you can, please support the filmmaker by purchasing the film at: amzn.to/1sC3Niy.
Find out more information on L.E.A.P., and how to get involved, go HERE. (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, May 30, 2014, 7:00 to 9:30 PM(…Please come at 6:30 and visit with your neighbors) Film: “FIXING THE FUTURE”
Creating Local Jobs and Building Prosperity
(58min, Ellen Spiro/PBS-NOW, 2010)With: GOT GREEN & THE SIERRA CLUB The economy does not have to be the way it is right now. If you didn't believe we were in trouble before the financial tornado hit in 2008, you probably do now, regardless of your political leanings. One response is to put a new coat of paint on the old economy, maybe even fumigate it. But who is trying something fresh, experimenting with ways the economy can better serve more people and be less prone to getting destructively out of whack?
FIXING THE FUTURE Interviews leading economists, David Korten and Jane D'Arista, as well as the US Editor of The Economist, Matthew Bishop, to find out how to go about fixing capitalism, rebuilding our economy and creating jobs. Download the flyer HERETo see more information on the film and the Trailer, go: HERE Please join us following the film for a facilitated discussion. (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, May 23, 2014, 7:00 PM (…Please come at 6:30 and visit with your neighbors)
FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE MEANINGFUL MOVIES presents the film: FILM: “DIVE!” - LIVING OFF AMERICA'S WASTE (45 min, Jeremy Seifert, 2010) WITH DANE GARFIELD WILSON from:
'FOOD NOT BOMBS'“Jeremy Seifert is my new Michael Pollan, Morgan Spurlock and Chef Ann Cooper in that he brings to our attention - for lack of a better term, an inconvenient truth: We waste too much food in this country…” -Flavorista
Inspired by a curiosity about our country's careless habit of sending food straight to landfills, the multi award-winning
documentary DIVE! follows filmmaker Jeremy Seifert and friends as they dumpster dive in the back alleys and gated garbage receptacles
of Los Angeles' supermarkets. In the process, they salvage thousands of dollars worth of good, edible food - resulting in an inspiring
documentary that is equal parts entertainment, guerilla journalism and call to action.See the trailer at: http://www.divethefilm.com/
Download the Flyer HERESEATTLE FOOD NOT BOMBS is one of the many, many FNB chapters around the world that serve vegetarian meals and distribute food to people in need and to support political activism.
More information on what FOODS NOT BOMBS is doing, go to their website HERE or on Facebook, HERE. Get involved!
FILM FOLLOWED BY A FACILITATED COMMUNITY DISCUSSION
Light snacks.(Event is FREE and open to the public ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, May 16, 2014, 7:00 PM (…Please come at 6:30 and visit with your neighbors)
FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE MEANINGFUL MOVIES presents the film: FIM: “UNMANNED: AMERICA’S DRONE WARS”
(63 min, Robert Greenwald, 2013)
UNMANNED: AMERICA’S DRONE WARS, the eighth full-length feature documentary from Brave New Foundation and director Robert Greenwald, investigates the impact of U.S. drone strikes at home and abroad through more than 70 separate interviews, including a former American drone operator who shares what he has witnessed in his own words, Pakistani families mourning loved ones and seeking legal redress, investigative journalists pursuing the truth, and top military officials warning against blowback from the loss of innocent life.
See the trailer at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7j8JudYOGI
FILM FOLLOWED BY A FACILITATED COMMUNITY DISCUSSION
Light snacks.(Event is FREE and open to the public ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Film Followup:
Watch the entire film on-line: http://unmanned.warcosts.com/
Here ia a link to an action guide provided by Brave New Films, containing decriptions of work being done and ways you can connect to getting involved with their work: ACTION GUIDE. Groups include: ACLU, Center for Constitutional Rights, Code Pink, FCNL, Human Rights First, RootsAction, & Win without War.

Friday, May 9, 2014, 7:00 PM (…Please come at 6:30 and visit with your neighbors)
FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE MEANINGFUL MOVIES presents the film: FILM: “GIRL RISING”
(101 min, Richard Robbins, 2013)With special guests PEINDA DIOP & EUGENE MARTIN,
Board members with the UN Association of Greater Seattle, working on the UN's Millennium Development Goal 2 on elementary education.
From Academy Award-nominated director Richard E. Robbins, GIRL RISING journeys around the globe to witness the strength of the human spirit and the power of education to change the world. Viewers get to know nine unforgettable girls living in the developing world: ordinary girls who confront tremendous challenges and overcome nearly impossible odds to pursue their dreams. Prize-winning authors put the girls’ remarkable stories into words, and renowned actors give them voice.
You can find out more about the UN Assoc of Greater Seattle HERE
More information on Peinda's work with Mission Senegal, please go HERE.
See the trailer at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJsvklXhYaE
Download the Flyer HERE
FILM FOLLOWED BY A FACILITATED COMMUNITY DISCUSSION
Light snacks.(Event is FREE and open to the public ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, May 2, 2014, 7:00 PM (…Please come at 6:30 and visit with your neighbors)
FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE MEANINGFUL MOVIES presents the film: FILM: “INEQUALITY FOR ALL”
(89 min, Jacob Kornbluth, 2013)“We make the rules of the economy – and we have the power to change those rules." – Robert Reich
A passionate argument on behalf of the middle class, INEQUALITY FOR ALL features Robert Reich—professor, best-selling author, and Clinton cabinet member—as he demonstrates how the widening income gap has a devastating impact on the American economy. The film is an intimate portrait of a man whose lifelong goal remains protecting those who are unable to protect themselves.
Through his singular perspective, Reich explains how the massive consolidation of wealth by a precious few threatens the viability of the American workforce and the foundation of democracy itself. In this INCONVENIENT TRUTH for the economy, Reich uses humor and a wide array of facts to explain how the issue of economic inequality affects each and every one of us.
See the Trailer at: http://inequalityforall.com/
Download the Flyer HERE
FILM FOLLOWED BY A FACILITATED COMMUNITY DISCUSSION
Light snacks.(Event is FREE and open to the public ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, April 25, 2014, 7:00 PM (…Please come at 6:30 and visit with your neighbors)
FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE MEANINGFUL MOVIES presents the film: FILM: “THE WISDOM TO SURVIVE”
(56 min, John Ankele and Anne Macksoud, 2014)...FOR EARTH DAY, APRIL 22NDIF YOU WANT AN ADVENTURE …WHAT A TIME TO CHOOSE TO BE ALIVE!
THE WISDOM TO SURVIVE accepts the consensus of scientists that climate change has already arrived, and asks, what is keeping us from action? The film explores how unlimited growth and greed are destroying the life support system of the planet, the social fabric of society, and the lives of billions of people.
Will we have the wisdom to survive? The film features thought leaders and activists in the realms of science, economics and spirituality discussing how we can evolve and take action in the face of climate disruption. They urge us to open ourselves to the beauty that surrounds us and get to work on ensuring it thrives.
See the Trailer HERE.
Download the Flyer HERE. Please help us get the word out.
FILM FOLLOWED BY A FACILITATED COMMUNITY DISCUSSION
Light snacks.(Event is FREE and open to the public ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, April 18, 2014, 7:00 PM (…Please come at 6:30 and visit with your neighbors)
FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE MEANINGFUL MOVIES presents the film: FILM: “NET NEUTRALITY, MEDIA CONSOLIDATION AND YOU: BARBERSHOP PUNK”
(84 min, Georgia Sugimura Archer, Kristin Armfield, 2011)Is your “ISP” controlling the vertical, the horizontal, the data speeds, and the channel you’ll be on?
In a privatized American Internet, is big business “Big Brother” or does the" free market" protect and serve the needs of the average citizen with its invisible hand? Will the FCC side with corporations or with the citizens it is supposed to serve? With the simple act of swapping files, barbershop quartet baritone Robb Topolski finds himself at ground zero of a landmark case whose outcome will affect the rights of every American citizen.
Following one man’s personal quest to defend what he believes to be his inalienable rights, BARBERSHOP PUNK examines the critical issues surrounding the future of the American Internet and what it takes to challenge the status quo and corporate America.
See the trailer here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RK6MRvSDCHY
Download the Flyer HERE. Please help us get the word out.
An interesting article: Barbecue and Broadband: Kansas City Gets Google Fiber: HERE
FILM FOLLOWED BY A FACILITATED COMMUNITY DISCUSSION
Light snacks.(Event is FREE and open to the public ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, April 11, 2014, 7:00 PM(…Please come at 6:30 and visit with your neighbors)
FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE MEANINGFUL MOVIES presents the film: FILM: “BIDDER 70” WITH LYN FITZ-HUGH, DIRECTOR OF 350SEATTLE.ORG
...AND THE LOCAL FACE OF CLIMATE
CHANGE
(73 min, Beth Gage, George Gage, 2012)“The choice you are making today is what side are you on.” - -Tim DeChristopher
BIDDER 70 centers on an extraordinary, ingenious and effective act of civil disobedience demanding government and industry accountability.
In 2008 Tim DeChristopher disrupted a highly disputed Utah BLM Oil and Gas lease auction, effectively safeguarding thousands of acres of pristine Utah land that were slated for oil and gas leases. Not content to merely protest outside, Tim entered the auction hall and registered as bidder #70. He outbid industry giants on land parcels (which, starting at $2 an acre, were adjacent to national treasures like Canyonlands National Park), winning 22,000 acres of land worth $1.7 million before the auction was halted.
Two months later, incoming Interior Secretary Ken Salazar invalidated the auction. DeChristopher, however, was indicted on two federal felonies with penalties of up to 10 years in prison and $750,000 in fines.
This is the story of an act which would redefine patriotism in our time, igniting a spirit of civil disobedience in the name of climate justice.
Redefine justice for yourself. Choose your side.Join us for an evening with 350SEATTLE.ORG to talk about the local faces of climate change: exploding oil trains, efforts to divest the city, efforts to divest UW and SU, efforts to plant a billions trees, and more. Shortly after May 1st, a decision is expected on the Keystone XL Pipeline. This may trigger a national response of organized peaceful civil disobedience. Learn how to get involved and prepare for this.
DOWNLOAD THE FLYER HERE. Please help us get the word out on this important evening.
See the trailer here: http://www.bidder70film.com/#!trailer/cxbx
More information on 350SEATTLE: http://350seattle.org/
FILM FOLLOWED BY A FACILITATED COMMUNITY DISCUSSION
Light snacks.(Event is FREE and open to the public ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

ALSO, Related To This Event:Saturday, April 12, 2013, 10:00 to 3:30 PMNONVIOLENT CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE TRAINING - KXL PIPELINE RESISTANCE
Plymouth Church, 1217 6th Ave, from 10 am-3:30 pm.
Announcing another training date for those that still have not been able to be trained:
This is a free non-violent direct action training for those preparing to commit peaceful, dignified civil-disobedience at the Seattle Pledge of Resistance sit-in. President Obama will make a decision soon. We need people who are willing to risk arrest, and also people who will not risk arrest, but will witness and support those risking arrest.
To participate in the action (as risking arrest or as support), you must attend a training. Please join us on Saturday April 12 from 10 am to 3:30 pm. You should plan to attend the whole time. If that isn't possible, please still sign up and contact your local leader.
Register for the training: HERE

Friday, April 4, 2014, 7:00 PM (…Please come at 6:30 and visit with your neighbors)
FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE MEANINGFUL MOVIES presents the film: FILM: “TERMS AND CONDITIONS MAY APPLY” …what you're really agreeing to when you click "I ACCEPT"
(79 min, Cullen Hoback, 2013) "This quietly blistering documentary should rile even the most passive viewer." -The New York Times
A documentary that exposes what corporations and governments learn about people through Internet and cell phone usage, and what can be done about it ... if anything.
Admit it: you don't really read the endless terms and conditions connected to every website you visit, phone call you make or app you download. But every day, billion-dollar corporations are learning more about your interests, your friends and family, your finances, and your secrets, and they're not only selling the information to the highest bidder, but also sharing it with the government. And you agreed to all of it. This disquieting exposé demonstrates how every one of us is incrementally opting-in to a real-time surveillance state, click by click - and what you can do about it.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS MAY APPLY examines the cost of so-called 'free' services and the continuing disappearance of online privacy. People may think they know what they give up when they click 'I Agree' on companies like Facebook and Google. They're wrong.
See the trailer here: http://vimeo.com/ondemand/tacma/75993946
Download the Flyer HERE. Please help us get the word out.
For follow-up actions you might take, click HERE.
FILM FOLLOWED BY A FACILITATED COMMUNITY DISCUSSION
Light snacks.(Event is FREE and open to the public ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, March 28, 2014, 7:00 PM(…Please come at 6:30 and visit with your neighbors)
FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE MEANINGFUL MOVIES presents the film: FILM:"FOOD STAMPED" (60 min, Shira Potash & Yoav Potash, 2010)AND A LOOK AT FOOD STAMPS AND OUR NATIONAL FOOD SECURITY SYSTEM.With NANCY AMIDEI, Director of The Civic Engagement Project, and former Director of the Food Research and Action CenterFOOD STAMPED is a humorous and entertaining documentary film with a serious message. It follows Nutrition educator Shira Potash and her documentary filmmaker husband as they embark on the food stamp challenge where they attempt to eat a healthy, well-balanced diet on roughly one dollar per meal. Along the way, they consult with food justice activists, nutrition experts, politicians, and ordinary people living on food stamps, all in order to take a deep look at the struggles low-income Americans face every day while trying to put three-square meals on the table.For the Trailer and more information on the film: http://www.foodstamped.com/Download the FlyerHERE. Please help us get the word out.
FILM FOLLOWED BY A FACILITATED COMMUNITY DISCUSSION
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Friday, March 21, 2014, 7:00 PM(…Please come at 6:30 and visit with your neighbors)
FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE MEANINGFUL MOVIES presents the film: FILM:"AMERICAN WINTER"
(90 minutes, Director, Joe Gantz 2013)Framed through the very personal stories of eight families, AMERICAN WINTER reveals the devastating effects of high unemployment and underemployment, low wages, and forty years of shifting economic policies to benefit the wealthy at the expense of the middle class and working poor.
Film Trailer: http://www.americanwinterfilm.com/hbo-trailer
Join us for a community conversation after the film.(Event is FREE and open to the public ...but Donations are kindly accepted). Light snacks.

Friday, March 14, 2014, 7:00 PM(…Please come at 6:30 and visit with your neighbors)
FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE MEANINGFUL MOVIES presents the film: FILM:"THE LAW IN THESE PARTS"
(91 min, Ra'anan Alexandrowicz, 2011)
This event is collaboration with POV, the award-winning independent non-fiction film series on PBS. www.pbs.org/pov
Please join us following the film for a conversation.
Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL
Can a modern democracy impose a prolonged military occupation on another people while retaining its core democratic values?
The film chronicles Israel's 43-year military legal system in the Occupied Palestinian Territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The story unfolds through interviews with the architects of this legal system juxtaposed with historical footage showing the enactment of these laws upon the Palestinian population.
See the trailer here: http://youtu.be/rzEy-FPw-iQ
For more information on the film, go to: http://www.pbs.org/pov/thelawintheseparts/
Download the flyer: HERE
Light snacks.
(Event is FREE and open to the public ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, March 7, 2014, 7:00 PM(…Please come at 6:30 and visit with your neighbors)
FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE MEANINGFUL MOVIES presents the film: FILM: "WILL THE REAL TERRORIST PLEASE STAND UP" (65 min, Saul Landau, 2010)AND A DISCUSSION WITH OUR SPECIAL GUESTS:- STEPHEN KIMBER, Author of the new book, “WHAT LIES ACROSS THE WATER: THE REAL STORY OF THE CUBA 5”- FREE THE CUBAN 5 COMMITTEE – VANCOUVER- NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO FREE THE CUBAN FIVE
- SEATTLE-CUBA FRIENDSHIP COMMITTEE, and - U.S. WOMEN AND CUBA COLLABORATIONIn April 1961, the CIA sent a force of Cuban exiles to overthrow the Cuban government that resulted in the Bay of Pigs fiasco. This is the story leading up to the arrest of the Cuban 5, who were anti-terrorism agents wrongfully arrested and convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage against the United States.
In response to decades of deadly attacks by Miami-based, anti-Cuban terrorist organizations, Cuba dispatched five agents to Florida to infiltrate and report on the activities of these terrorist groups. Cuba even passed on information their agents learned about illegal activities to the FBI. But, instead of arresting the terrorists, the FBI arrested the five. The anti-Cuban terrorist remain free today.
The film includes Danny Glover, anti-Cuba terrorists, Fidel Castro, and fascinating archival footage, along with a rare recorded interview from prison with one of the Cuban 5.
The film raises and tries to answer the question: What did Cuba do to deserve such hostile treatment? Stephen Kimber will be talking about his book and join us for the discussion following the film. He is with the School of Journalism at the University of King’s College in Halifax, Nova Scotiam, and an award-winning writer, editor, and broadcaster. His writing has appeared in almost all major Canadian magazines and newspapers. He currently writes a weekly column for Halifax Metro, serves as senior features writer for The Coast, a Halifax alternative weekly and is a contributing editor of Atlantic Business Magazine. He is the author of nine books—a novel and eight works of non-fiction.
See the Trailer: HERE.
Download the flyer HERE. Please help us get the word out!
More information on FREE THE CUBAN 5 COMMITTEE – VANCOUVER:
- http://www.freethe5vancouver.ca/
More information on NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO FREE THE CUBAN FIVE
- http://www.freethefive.org/index.htm
More information on SEATTLE-CUBA FRIENDSHIP COMMITTEE:
- http://www.seattlecuba.org/
More information on U.S. WOMEN AND CUBA COLLABORATION:
- http://www.womenandcuba.org/ FILM FOLLOWED BY A FACILITATED COMMUNITY DISCUSSION
Light snacks.(Event is FREE and open to the public ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

PLEASE NOTE:
Stephen Kimber will also be speaking on Friday, March 7th, 12:30 to 2:000 PM at the Casey Atrium at Seattle University.

Friday, February 28, 2014, 7:00 PM(…Please come at 6:30 and visit with your neighbors)
FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE MEANINGFUL MOVIES presents the film: FILM: "TAKE BACK YOUR POWER "
(104 min, Josh del Sol, 2013)DIRECTOR WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE!
“TAKE BACK YOUR POWER” investigates the “smart” meter program being implemented worldwide by major utility companies. These devices are not mandatory, but they are being installed without the consent of homeowners or even local governments.
Interviews with whistleblower EDWARD SNOWDEN, former CIA Director JAMES WOOLSEY, former senior NSA director THOMAS DRAKE, former Premier of British Columbia BILL VANDER ZALM, and many others provide a deep understanding of the corporate political and economic forces behind the “smart” meter-agenda.
You’ll find resources and proven solutions for protecting yourself, your family, your home, and your rights.
Download the Flyer HERE. Please help us get the word out. Thanks.
More info HERE & HERE
FILM FOLLOWED BY A FACILITATED COMMUNITY DISCUSSION
Light snacks.(Event is FREE and open to the public ...but Donations are kindly accepted).
FILM FOLLOWED BY A FACILITATED COMMUNITY DISCUSSION
Light snacks.(Event is FREE and open to the public ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, February 21, 2014, 7:00 PM(…Please come at 6:30 and visit with your neighbors)
FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE MEANINGFUL MOVIES presents the film: FILM: "DREAMLAND"
(89 min, Þorfinnur Guðnason, Andri Snær Magnason, 2009)WHAT DO YOU OWN WHEN YOU’VE SOLD EVERYTHING?
How much unspoiled nature should we preserve and what do we sacrifice for clean, renewable energy? Dreamland gradually turns into a disturbing picture of corporate power taking over nature and small com-munities. The mantra was economic growth. Today Iceland is left holding a huge debt and an uncertain future. It’s the dark side of green energy and unregulated corporate power. Download the FlyerHERE. Please help us get the word out. Thanks.
More info: HERE
Trailer: HERE
FILM FOLLOWED BY A FACILITATED COMMUNITY DISCUSSION
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Friday, February 14, 2014, 7:00 - 9:30 PM(…Please come at 6:30 and visit with your neighbors!)HELP US CELEBRATE OUR 11TH ANNIVERSARY WITH THIS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT FILM. !…and Valentine’s Day. Love your Mother Earth!“DO THE MATH” (50 min, Kelly Nyks and Jared P. Scott, 2013)...AND JOIN US IN A CONVERSATION WITH OUR SPECIAL GUESTS:
350SEATTLE.ORG, and
The Kids from PLANT FOR THE PLANETThis is your opportunity to learn how you can help develop a comprehensive strategy that unites energy, prosperity, and social justice. DO THE MATH is a profoundly to-the-point documentary produced by 350.org which tells the story of the grassroots movements trying to change the tragic outcomes of climate change and their adversaries in the fossil fuel industry. Using simple math, this film reveals the hard facts about climate change.
In November 2012, Bill McKibben and 350.org hit the road to build a movement strong enough to change the terrifying math of the climate crisis. The DO THE MATH TOUR was a massive success in every corner of the country, and is this film documents the highlights.
As founder of 350.org, Bill McKibben states: “we can emit 565 more gigatons of carbon dioxide and stay below 2°C of warming — anything more than that risks catastrophe for life on earth. The only problem? Burning the fossil fuel that corporations now have in their reserves would result in emitting 2,795 gigatons of carbon dioxide – five times the safe amount.” And currently, our government is more focused in building pipelines and underwriting corporate profits than in alternative energy sources.Join us following the film for presentations and a conversation with representatives from our guests:350.ORG - SEATTLE is ramping up critical action to protest exploitation of Tar Sands and the KXL Pipeline. Learn more: http://350seattle.org/ and https://www.facebook.com/350SeattlePLANT-FOR-THE-PLANET: is a worldwide children´s initiative advocating for Climate Justice. More information: http://www.plant-for-the-planet.org/en
We’ll also take a moment to explore how the TRANSITION MOVEMENT ties into the battle against Global Climate Change.And, check out the website CLIMATE CHANGE FOR FAMILIES http://climatechangeforfamilies.com/, encouraging positive stewardship for the Earth for ourselves and future generations.See the trailer here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zfinOCgRQ0Download the flyer HERE. Please help us get the word out. Thanks!
Light snacks.(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, February 7, 2014, 7:00 to 9:30 PM(…Please come at 6:30 and visit with your neighbors!)FILM: "STEALING AFRICA" (58 min, Christoffer Guldbrandsen, 2012) HOW MUCH PROFIT IS FAIR?
Zambia's copper resources have not made the country rich. Virtually all of Zambia's copper mines are owned by international corporations. In the last ten years, they've extracted copper worth $29 billion but Zambia is still ranked one of the twenty poorest countries in the world. So why hasn't copper wealth reduced poverty in Zambia? Once again it comes down to the issue of tax, or in Zambia's case, tax avoidance and the use of tax havens by corporations.
Tax avoidance by corporations costs poor countries and estimated $160 billion a year, almost double what they receive in international aid. That's enough to save the lives of 350,000 children aged five or under every year. For every $1 given in aid to a poor country, $10 drains out. Vital money that could help a poor country pay for healthcare, schools, infrastructure and pensions.Additional Reading:HEREDownload the flyer:HERE.
FILM FOLLOWED BY FACILITATED COMMUNITY DISCUSSION.
Light snacks.(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, JANUARY 31, 2013, 7:00 to 9:30 PM(…Please come at 6:30 and visit with your neighbors!)FILM: "SHADOWS OF LIBERTY"
(93 min, Jean-Philippe Tremblay, 2012)
SHADOWS OF LIBERTY reveals the extraordinary truth behind the news media: censorship, cover-ups and corporate control.
Filmmaker Jean-Philippe Tremblay takes a journey through the darker corridors of the US media, where global conglomerates call the shots. For decades, their overwhelming influence has distorted news journalism and compromised its values.
In highly revealing stories, renowned journalists, activists and academics give insider accounts of a broken media system. Controversial news reports are suppressed, people are censored for speaking out, and lives are shattered as the arena for public expression is turned into a private profit zone.
Tracing the story of media manipulation through the years, SHADOWS OF LIBERTY poses a crucial question: why have we let a handful of powerful corporations write the news? We're left in no doubt - media reform is urgent and freedom of the press is fundamental.Additional Reading: HEREDownload the flyer here:COLOR or B&WMore information on actions to take:HERE.
FILM FOLLOWED BY FACILITATED COMMUNITY DISCUSSION.
Light snacks.(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, JANUARY 24, 2013, 7:00 to 9:30 PM(…Please come at 6:30 and visit with your neighbors!)FILM: "TOUGH GUISE 2" (80 min, Jeremy Earp, 2013)WITH CHRISTOPHER DE SERRES AND OPHELIA DE SERRES,
CO-FOUNDERS OF (WO)MEN SPEAK OUT
In this highly anticipated update of the influential and widely acclaimed TOUGH GUISE, pioneering anti-violence educator and cultural theorist Jackson Katz argues that the ongoing epidemic of men's violence in America is rooted in our inability as a society to move beyond outmoded ideals of manhood.
In a sweeping analysis that cuts across racial, ethnic, and class lines, Katz examines mass shootings, day-to-day gun violence, violence against women, bullying, gay-bashing, and American militarism against the backdrop of a culture that has normalized violent and regressive forms of masculinity in the face of challenges to traditional male power and authority. Along the way, the film provides a stunning look at the violent, sexist, and homophobic messages boys and young men routinely receive from virtually every corner of the culture, from television, movies, video games, and advertising to pornography, the sports culture, and US political culture.
‘TOUGH GUISE 2’ stands to empower a new generation of young men -- and women -- to challenge the myth that being a real man means putting up a false front and engaging in violent and self-destructive behavior.Download the flyer: COLOR or B&W. Please help us get teh word out. PLEASE JOIN US FOLLOWING THE FILM FOR A FACILITATED COMMUNITY DISCUSSION WITH OUR GUESTS, CHRIS & OPHELIA FROM (WO)MEN SPEAK OUT.(WO)MEN SPEAK OUT is a non-profit organization dedicated to eradicating rape, sexual assault and gender violence, and seeking to educate both men and women, cultivating healthy relationships and gender equity. Learn more at: http://womenspeakout.org/.
Light snacks.(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, JANUARY 17, 2013, 7:00 to 9:30 PM(…Please come at 6:30 and visit with your neighbors!)FILM: "FREEDOM RIDERS"(117 min, Stanley Nelson, 2010)FREEDOM RIDERS is the powerful harrowing and ultimately inspirational story of six months in 1961 that changed America forever. From May until November 1961, more than 400 black and white Americans risked their lives—and many endured savage beatings and imprisonment—for simply traveling together on buses and trains as they journeyed through the Deep South. Deliberately violating Jim Crow laws, the Freedom Riders met with bitter racism and mob violence along the way, sorely testing their belief in nonviolent activism.From award-winning filmmaker Stanley Nelson (We Shall Remain: Wounded Knee, Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple, The Murder of Emmett Till), FREEDOM RIDERS features testimony from a fascinating cast of central characters: the Riders themselves, state and federal government officials, and journalists who witnessed the Rides firsthand.
FILM FOLLOWED BY FACILITATED COMMUNITY DISCUSSION.
Light snacks.(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

FOLLOUP TO THE EVENING'S DISCUSSION:Dr. Bernard LaFayette, featured in the film, will be in Seattle on Wednesday, Jan 22nd, as part of presentations at Highline Community College for their Martin Luther King week celebrations.The Rev. Dr. Lafayette, an ordained minister, is a longtime civil rights activist, organizer, and an authority on nonviolent social change. He co-founded the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in 1960, and he was a core leader of the civil rights movement in Nashville, TN, in 1960 and in Selma, AL, in 1965. He directed the Alabama Voter Registration Project in 1962, and he was appointed by Martin Luther King, Jr. to be national program administrator for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and national coordinator of the 1968 Poor People’s Campaign. He completed a doctorate in Education at Harvard University and for several years was the Director of the Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies at the University of Rhode Island. He currently teaches at Emory University and conducts nonviolent workshops worldwide.
Learn more about Dr. Lafayette at: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/freedomriders/people/bernard-lafayette-jr
There are 3 presentations on Wednesday, January 22:
10am-11:30 Questions with Dr. LaFayette
12-1 Reception and book signing
1:30-3:00 Nonviolence workshop.
More inf: https://multiculturalaffairs.highline.edu/mlkweek.phpPLEASE VERIFY AVAILABILITY: Phone: (206) 592-3256; Email: nburrowes@highline.edu

Friday, JANUARY 10, 2013, 7:00 to 9:30 PM(…Please come at 6:30 and visit with your neighbors!)FILM: "ROADMAP TO APARTHEID"With AMIN ODEH, Founder of Voices of Palestine and Co-founder of the Arab American Community Coalition
(95 min, Eron Davidson, Ana Nogueira, 2012)
In this award-winning documentary, the first-time directors take a detailed look at the apartheid analogy commonly used to describe the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Narrated by Alice Walker (author of The Color Purple), ROADMAP TO APARTHEID is as much a historical document of the rise and fall of apartheid in South Africa, as it is a film about why many Palestinians feel they are living in an apartheid system today, and why an increasing number of people around the world agree with them.
While not perfect, the apartheid analogy is a useful framework by which to educate people on the complex issues facing Israelis and Palestinians. Our film delves into those issues, comparing the many similar laws and tools used by both Israel and apartheid-era South Africa. The audience will see what life is like for Palestinians in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and inside Israel while gaining a deeper understanding of the conflict with the help of respected analysts on the subject. Combined with archival material and anecdotes from South Africans, the film forms a complete picture as to why the analogy is being used with increasing frequency and potency.
For more information on Voices of Palestine,
go to: http://voicesofpalestine.org/ for more information on the Arab American Community Coalition,
go to: http://theaacc.org/
Download the flyer HERE. Help us get the word out. Thanks!
FILM FOLLOWED BY FACILITATED COMMUNITY DISCUSSION.
Light snacks.(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, JANUARY 3, 2013, 7:00 to 9:30 PM(…Please come at 6:30 and visit with your neighbors!)FILM: "THE UNITED STATES OF A.L.E.C."Every year, in state houses around the country, hundreds of pieces of corporate-written, profit-driven legislation are proposed or enacted that would -- among other things -- dilute collective bargaining rights, make it harder for some Americans to vote, and limit corporate liability for harm caused to consumers. Most of the time, the public never learns who was behind it.
THE UNITED STATES OF ALEC is a documentary, narrated by Bill Moyers, that lifts the veil of secrecy over those bills and exposes the most influential political force most of us have never heard of – ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange Council. A national consortium of state politicians and powerful corporations, ALEC presents itself as a “nonpartisan public-private partnership”. But behind that mantra lies a vast network of corporate lobbying and political action aimed at increasing corporate profits, often at public expense and without public knowledge. Resources For Action, clickHERETo Download the Flyer, clickHERE. Please help us get the word out.
FILM FOLLOWED BY FACILITATED COMMUNITY DISCUSSION.
Light snacks.(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, DECEMBER 27, 2013, 7:00 to 9:30 PM...NO FILM THIS EVENING...Have a great Holiday Season!

Friday, DECEMBER 20, 2013, 7:00 to 9:30 PM(…Please come at 6:30 and visit with your neighbors!)FILM: "FEEDING FRENZY"The Food Industry, Marketing & the Creation of a Health Crisis
(60 min, Kate Geis, 2013)Over the past three decades, obesity rates in the U.S. have more than doubled for children and tripled for adolescents -- and a startling 70% of adults are now obese or overweight. The result has been a widening epidemic of obesity-related health problems, including coronary heart disease, high blood pressure, stroke, and Type 2 diabetes. While discussions about this spiraling health crisis have tended to focus on the need for more exercise and individual responsibility, FEEDING FRENZY trains its focus squarely on the responsibility of the processed food industry and the outmoded government policies it benefits from. It lays bare how taxpayer subsidies designed to feed hungry Americans during the Great Depression have enabled the food industry to flood the market with a rising tide of cheap, addictive, high calorie food products, and offers an engrossing look at the tactics of the multibillion-dollar marketing machine charged with making sure that every one of those surplus calories is consumed.
FILM FOLLOWED BY FACILITATED COMMUNITY DISCUSSION.
Light snacks.(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, DECEMBER 13, 2013, 7:00 to 9:30 PM(…Please come at 6:30 and visit with your neighbors!)FILM: "THE LAST OCEAN" (87 min, Peter Young, 2012)With stunning footage of Antarctica’s unique landscapes and wild life, THE LAST OCEAN profiles the international battle over commercial fishing in the Ross Sea, the last pristine ocean ecosystem on earth.
The Ross Sea is a vast, icy landscape that teems with life -- whales, seals and penguins carving out a place on the very edge of existence. This ‘living laboratory’ is one of the last places where the delicate balance of nature still prevails, largely untouched by humans. But an international fishing fleet has recently made its way to the Ross Sea, targeting the highly lucrative Antarctic Toothfish, sold as Chilean Sea Bass around the world.
Featuring top scientists, including Dr. Sylvia Earle and Dr. Daniel Pauly, as well as international political leaders, THE LAST OCEAN examines both the science and politics behind the debate over preserving Earth’s last truly wild ocean.
More on the film and a trailer: http://www.thelastoceanfilm.com/ FILM FOLLOWED BY FACILITATED COMMUNITY DISCUSSION.
Light snacks.(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, DECEMBER 6, 2013, 7:00 to 9:30 PM(…Please come at 6:30 and visit with your neighbors!)FILM: "THE MANZANAR FISHING CLUB"
(74 min, Cory Shiozaki, 2012)
Locked away in the California desert, more than 10,000
Americans of Japanese descent faced an uncertain future at
the WW II internment camp at Manzanar. They were prisoners
in their own country.
This movie is the uplifting tale of those who sought and found
moments of freedom by escaping the Camp to fish the
surrounding waters of the Eastern Sierra. And in the process,
they gave new meaning to the old phrase, "Gone Fishing." Download the flyer HERE.
FILM FOLLOWED BY FACILITATED COMMUNITY DISCUSSION.
Light snacks.(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, NOVEMBER 29, 2013, 7:00 to 9:30 PM(…Please come at 6:30 and visit with your neighbors!)FILM: “TRASHED”
THIS IS THE STORY OF GARBAGE...AMERICAN STYLE
(98 min, Candida Brady, 2012)...WITH SEATTLE TILTH!TRASHED is a provocative investigation of one of the fastest growing industries in North America: The garbage business. The film examines a fundamental element of modern American culture…the disposal of what our society defines as “waste.” It is an issue influenced by every American, most of whom never consider the consequences. Nor, it seems, the implications to our biosphere. At times humorous, but deeply poignant, TRASHED examines the American waste stream fast approaching a half billion tons annually.
What are the effects all this waste will have on already strained natural resources? Why is so much of it produced? While every American creates almost 5 pounds of it every day, who is affected most? And who wants America to make more?
The film analyzes the causes and effects of the seemingly innocuous act of “taking out the garbage” while showcasing the individuals, activists, corporate and advocacy groups working to affect change and reform the current model. TRASHED is an informative and thought-provoking film everyone interested in the future of sustainability should see.
More information on Seattle Tilth at: http://seattletilth.org/More on the film and a trailer: http://www.trashedfilm.com/
Download the flyere HERE.
A few informational links HERE
FILM FOLLOWED BY FACILITATED COMMUNITY DISCUSSION.
Light snacks.(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, NOVEMBER 22, 2013, 7:00 to 9:30 PM(…Please come at 6:30 and visit with your neighbors!)SPECIAL EVENT: "PROJECT UNSPEAKABLE"...A DRAMATIC READING OF SELECTED SECTIONS FROM THE PLAY, WITH VIDEO VIGNETTES.Thomas Merton, an internationally respected spiritual writer and Trappist monk, wrote in 1965: "One of the awful facts of our age is the evidence that [the world] is stricken indeed, stricken to the very core of its being by the presence of the Unspeakable…[that] too few are willing to see.”ON NOVEMBER 22nd: THE PLAY, "PROJECT UNSPEAKABLE" . by Court Dorsey (Associate writers::
Stephen Wangh & Debbie Lynangale), based on the book by Jim Douglass: JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Diedand Why It Matters.Portions of the play will be a read by Friends of MeaningfulMovies, a collection of 15 readers from our own social justice community. And we'll augment the performance with interspersed historical videos.About the play:
Coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the death of John F. Kennedy, PROJECT UNSPEAKABLE is a theatrical work about the role of Thomas Merton’s “Unspeakable” in the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert Kennedy. From the authors of the play: . A generation of baby-boomers who have lived most of their adult lives in the rubble of shattered dreams, who have seen the great leaders of their generation slaughtered in officially whitewashed circumstances, are invited to come forward to insist that the truth finally be uncovered regarding this destruction of lives and visionary leadership.
In addition, Project Unspeakable offers [everyone] a unique opportunity, not only to learn more about these four inspirational leaders of the 1960’s, but also to
reenergize their recent efforts to confront current manifestations of the “Unspeakable,” as many have already been doing in the “Occupy” and climate action movements.As Jim Douglass writes: "The Unspeakable is not far away.
It is not somewhere out there. ...
By avoiding our responsibility for the
escalating crimes of state done for our
security, we who failed to confront
THE UNSPEAKABLE opened the door to
JFK’s assassination and its cover-up. ...
The emptiness of the void, the vacuum of
responsibility and compassion,
is in ourselves." - Jim DouglassDownload the Flyer here: Color or B&W.Please help us get the word out! ALSO, to enhance our discussion, please take a look at the following:
>JFK’s American University Speech can be read in full here: http://to.pbs.org/1bueMlz (excerpts will be included in the reading).
>Read “16 Questions on the Assassination” by Bertrand Russell here: http://bit.ly/16UChWc .
>Watch “JFK Secret Societies Speech” (originally entitled "President and the Press" (April 27, 1961) here: http://bit.ly/1hZZJWO
>Read “The Waters of Knowledge versus The Waters of Uncertainty”, by E. Martin Schotz here: http://bit.ly/1eCd6MZ
>Read “The JFK Assassination: A False Mystery Concealing State Crimes”, by Vincent J. Salandria here: http://bit.ly/17YqIhC
>A few Resources HERE
>A few Links HERE
FOLLOWED BY FACILITATED COMMUNITY DISCUSSION. ...and without a doubt, and regardless of your position, this will be a fascinating conversation!
Light snacks.(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, NOVEMBER 15, 2013, 7:00 to 9:30 PM(…Please come at 6:30 and visit with your neighbors!)FILM: "RUSH TO JUDGMENT : The Plot to Kill JFK"
(98 min, Mark Lane, 1967) A SPECIAL 2-PART EVENT! On November 15th and 22nd, we will be putting on two very special interconnected events around the
assassination of John F. Kennedy.
Friday, the 22nd, is the 50th anniversary of Kennedy's death. These will be 2 evenings you will not want to miss! ON NOVEMBER 15th:
THE FILM, "RUSH TO JUDGMENT" is a self-produced black-and-white documentary film released in 1967 that examines the assassination of United States President John F. Kennedy. The full title of the movie is "Rush to Judgment: The Plot to Kill JFK". The film ( and book of the same title) was written by Mark Lane, prominent JFK-assassination researcher, who appears in the film as the presenter and interviewer. Assassination witnesses L.E. Bowers, Jr. and Charles Brehm are also featured in the film.
RUSH TO JUDGMENT follows Lane as he interviews more than 30 witnesses to the Kennedy assassination. The filmmaker also uses archival footage of Earl Warren and Lee Harvey Oswald in the film, which attempts to expose serious flaws in the conclusions drawn by the Warren Commission following its investigation of the assassination. Lane posits that Oswald could not have acted alone, but rather that there was a conspiracy to kill the President and that other co-conspirators have gone unpunished. The black-and-white documentary has a simple structure and no musical score. Aside from its message, it stands as an example of 1960s-era cinema and is intriguing from a compositional aspect. Its director, Emile de Antonio, later won an Academy Award for Best Documentary for his work entitled "In the Year of the Pig" (1970).
RUSH TO JUDGMENT has also occasionally been criticized for making flawed or weak arguments in favor of a conspiracy to murder President John F. Kennedy. You can draw your own conclusions about the validity of Lane's argument that Lee Harvey Oswald did not act alone, but regardless of position, it's guaranteed be a great discussion following the film.Download the Flyer here: Color or B&W. Please help us get the word out! FILM FOLLOWED BY FACILITATED COMMUNITY DISCUSSION.
Light snacks.(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, NOVEMBER 8, 2013, 7:00 to 9:30 PM(…Please come at 6:30 and visit with your neighbors!)FILM: GHOSTS OF JEJU (80 min, Regis Tremblay, 2013)WITH THE FILMMAKER, REGIS TREMBLAY!
And Co-Sponsored by VETERANS FOR PEACE
A shocking documentary about the struggle of the people of Jeju Island, S. Korea. Set in the context of the American presence in Korea after World War II, the film reveals horrible atrocities at the hands of the U.S. Military Government of Korea.
Using previously secret and classified photos, film and documents, this will be the first English-language documentary about the struggle of the brave people of Gangjeong Village who are opposing the military advance of the United States, just as their parents and relatives did in 1947. As then, they are being arrested, jailed, fined, and hospitalized for resisting the construction of a massive naval base that will accommodate America’s “pivot to Asia,” and will destroy their 400 year old village and their UNESCO protected environment.
And yet, the indomitable spirit of the villagers and their supporters, who have not lost hope in spite of overwhelming odds, will inspire and motivate everyone who believes there is a better way to live together on this planet.
For the trailer and more on the film: http://www.theghostsofjeju.net/
Light snacks.
Download the Flyer COLOR or B&W. Please help us get the word out. Thanks! FILM FOLLOWED BY A Q&A AND FACILITATED COMMUNITY DISCUSSION WITH THE FILMMAKER, REGIS TREMBLAY, AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM VETERANS FOR PEACE.
For more information on Veterans For Peace, go to: http://www.vfp92.org/
Light snacks.(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Zoos have exhibited wild elephants for more than a century, but as people have learned more about the elephant's huge intelligence and complex needs, many urban zoos, including those in San Francisco, Chicago, Detroit, and Anchorage, have closed their elephant exhibits and sent their elephants to sanctuaries for a vastly better quality of life.
Elephant welfare advocates in Seattle have asked the Woodland Park Zoo to do the same, but the zoo has refused, stating that its three 8,000-pound elephants are "happy and healthy" just as they are. Bamboo, Chai, and Watoto share less than an acre of outdoor space, and for much of the year are confined to barn stalls so small that, for 16-17 hours a day, they often stand or walk in their own waste.
See URBAN ELEPHANT and related shorts, and then decide for yourself whether urban zoos can meet the physical, social, and psychological needs of the world's largest land mammal.Following the films, please join us for a Q&A and facilitated discussion with our great guests.
Download the Flyer here: COLOR or B&W)
See an article on this event and the issues in "LivingHumane" HERE
See clips from URBAN ELEPHANT at http://www.argofilms.com/film/urban-elephant/watch-clips.
More information on Friends of Woodland Park Zoo Elephants: www.freeWPZelephants.org
See an article on this event in "LIVINGHUMANE" HERE.
Also:www.seattleweekly.com/2001-10-31/news/making-baby-elephants/,www.thestranger.com/seattle/cash_cows/Content?oid=8078780; www.seattletimes.com/elephants/. Light snacks.(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, OCTOBER 25, 2013, 7:00 to 9:30 PM(…Please come at 6:30 and visit with your neighbors!)FILM: "COUNTER-INTELLIGENCE": Shining a Light on Black OperationsCOUNTER-INTELLIGENCE shines sunlight into the darkest crevices of empire run amok. The film vividly exposes a monstrous and unconstitutional "deep state" in which multiple competing chains of command -- all but one illegal -- hijack government capabilities and taxpayer funds to commit crimes against humanity in our name. Anyone who cares about democracy, good government, and the future will want to watch all five segments of this remarkable film." - Robert David Steel
Download the Flyer HERE
Resource Page can be found HERELINKS for COUNTER-INTELLIGENCE: http://metanoia-films.org/, and http://metanoia-films.org/counter-intelligence/
This is to Metanoia Films - by Scott Noble.
You can view all films on line for free.
Feel free to donate and support his
efforts if you like the films. And tell others about the site.
Go to the watch on-line and see all five parts. JFK SECRECY SPEECH TRANSCRIPT - The President and the Press,
Waldort-Astoria Hotel - New York,
April 27, 1961 - just after the Bay of Pigs:http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32747.htmOther Audio links:
5 MINUTE SECTION - The President and the Press:www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhZk8ronces
FULL SPEECH 19 MINUTE:www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnEZ6FdE9mE FILM FOLLOWED BY FACILITATED COMMUNITY DISCUSSION
Light snacks.(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, OCTOBER 18, 2013, 7:00 to 9:30 PM(…Please come at 6:30 and visit with your neighbors!)FILM: "DEFAULT: THE STUDENT LOAN
DOCUMENTARY" ...and Related Short Films (27 min, Aurora Meneghello, 2012)
Just a few years after the subprime mortgage crisis, there are ominous signs that the student loan market is on the verge of collapsing, yet another casualty of predatory lending practices.
DEFAULT brings this perilous situation into sharp relief, chronicling the stories of borrowers who find themselves in the paralyzing predicament of having to repay far more than what they borrowed -- with no bankruptcy protection, and no recourse under the law.
The result is at once an accessible analysis of a mounting economic crisis, and a cautionary tale for students.
FILM FOLLOWED BY FACILITATED COMMUNITY DISCUSSION
Light snacks.(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, OCTOBER 11, 2013, 7:00 to 9:30 PM(…Please come at 6:30 and visit with your neighbors!)FILM: "A FIERCE GREEN FIRE" - The Battle for
a Living Planet (101 min, Mark Kitchell, 2012)With Special Guests:DOUG SCOTT,Long-time environmental activist/author
andROBIN EVERETT,
With The Sierra Club...Meaningful Movies is partnering for this film withThe Seattle Social Justice Film Festival !SSJFF: Oct 10 thru 13More info is available at: www.socialjusticefilmfestival.org"One comes away with a feeling of hope, as Kitchell leaves us with as optimistic tone about the future despite the damage we are doing to our environment across the globe." - Jennifer Schwab, Huffington Post.

A FIERCE GREEN FIRE is the first big-picture exploration of the environmental movement - grassroots and global activism spanning fifty years from conservation to climate change.
From halting dams in the Grand Canyon to battling 20,000 tons of toxic waste at Love Canal; from Greenpeace saving the whales to Chico Mendes and the rubbertappers saving the Amazon; from climate change to the promise of transforming our civilization... the film tells vivid stories about people fighting - and succeeding - against enormous odds.
For the trailer and more information on the film, go to:http://www.bullfrogfilms.com/catalog/fgf.html
Download the flyer: COLOR or B&W. Please help us get the word out.
FILM FOLLOWED BY FACILITATED COMMUNITY DISCUSSION
Light snacks.(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

The children of Love Canal protest hazardous waste buried in their backyards.

Friday, OCTOBER 4, 2013, 7:00 to 9:30 PM(…Please come at 6:30 and visit with your neighbors!)FILM: "MUMIA: LONG DISTANCE
REVOLUTIONARY " (120 min, Stephen Vittoria, 2012) With HOLLY BALLARD from the WASHINGTON COALITION TO ABOLISH THE DEATH PENALTY - http://abolishdeathpenalty.org/And
Partnering with BOOKS TO PRISONERS:http://www.bookstoprisoners.net/PLEASE NOTE: We will be collecting books for prisoners. Please help us!
...See more information below.
WE'LL ALSO HAVE PREVIEWS FROM THE UPCOMING SEATTLE SOCIAL JUSTICE FILM FESTIVAL, Oct 10-13. ( More info on the Festival: HERE.)
Before he was convicted of murdering a policeman in 1981 and sentenced to die, Mumia Abu-Jamal was a gifted journalist and brilliant writer. Now after more than 30 years in prison and despite attempts to silence him, Mumia is not only still alive but continuing to report, educate, provoke and inspire.
Stephen Vittoria's new feature documentary is an inspiring portrait of a man whom many consider America's most famous political prisoner - a man whose existence tests our beliefs about freedom of expression. Through prison interviews, archival footage, and dramatic readings, and aided by a potent chorus of voices including Cornel West, Alice Walker, Dick Gregory, Angela Davis, Amy Goodman and others, this riveting film explores Mumia's life before, during and after Death Row - revealing, in the words of Angela Davis, ""the most eloquent and most powerful opponent of the death penalty in the world...the 21st Century Frederick Douglass.""
Download the Flyer: COLOR or B&WJOIN US FOR A FACILITATED COMMUNITY DISCUSSION WITH THE WASHINGTON COALITION TO ABOLISH THE DEATH PENALTY!

Additional Info and Actions:"SAFE AND JUST ALTERNATIVES" is engaged in a multi-strategy, statewide campaign aimed at winning legislation to repeal the death penalty in Washington.
For more information on this program, go HERE, and to THIS.
Download a postcard to send to your Senator & Representative: HERELearn more about Books To Prisoners at: http://www.bookstoprisoners.net/
Light snacks. (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, SEPTEMBER 27, 2013, 7:00 to 9:30 PM(…Please come at 6:30 and visit with your neighbors!)FILM: "PINK RIBBONS, INC."(97 min, Léa Pool, 2011)The ubiquitous pink ribbons of breast cancer philanthropy - and the hand-in-hand marketing of brands and products associated with that philanthropy — permeates our culture, providing assurance that we are engaged in a successful battle against this insidious disease. But the campaign obscures the reality and facts of breast cancer – more and more women are diagnosed with breast cancer every year, and face the same treatment options they did 40 years ago. Yet women are also the most influential market group, buying 80 percent of consumer products and making most major household purchasing decisions. So then who really benefits from the pink ribbon campaigns — the cause or the company? And what if the very companies and products that profit from their association have actually contributed to the problem?
In showing the real story of breast cancer and the lives of those who fight it, Pink Ribbons, Inc. reveals the co-opting of what marketing experts have labeled a "dream cause."
Download the Flyer HERE. Please help us get the word out.
See the trailer: HERE
More on the film: http://firstrunfeatures.com/pinkribbons_synopsis.html
FILM FOLLOWED BY FACILITATED COMMUNITY DISCUSSION (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, SEPTEMBER 20, 2013, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFILM: "THE MAN WHO SAVED THE WORLD" (53 min, Peter Anthony, 2013)
In October 1962, the world held its breath. On the edge of the Caribbean Sea, just a few miles from the Florida coast, the two great superpowers were at a stand-off. Surrounded by twelve US destroyers, which were depth-charging his submarine to drive it to the surface, Captain Vitali Grigorievitch Savitsky panicked. Unable to contact Moscow and fearing war had begun, he ordered the launch of his submarine’s nuclear torpedoes. As the two sides inched perilously close to nuclear war—far closer than we ever knew before–just one man stood between Captain Savitsky’s order and mutually assured destruction.
Set over four hours on October 27, 1962, the tensest moments of the Cuban Missile Crisis, this program tells the powerful but forgotten story of Vasili Arkhipov and Soviet submarine B-59. With most of the action set in a claustrophobic submarine running out of air, “The Man Who Saved the World” combines tense drama with eyewitness accounts and expert testimony about some of the most critical events in the Cold War.
Download the flyer HERE.
For information on The Council for a Livable World (working to eliminate nuclear weapons), go to: http://livableworld.org/
FILM FOLLOWED BY FACILITATED COMMUNITY DISCUSSION(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, SEPTEMBER 13, 2013, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFILM: "WAR ON WHISTLEBLOWERS" - FREE PRESS AND THE NATIONAL SECURITY STATE" (67 min, Robert Greenwald, 2013)
War on Whistleblowers, Brave New Foundation tells the story of the embattled whistleblower in the Obama era—an era in which both government and defense industry whistleblowers face relentless pressure to suppress evidence of illegalities. The film features the stories of four whistleblowers, including Thomas Tamm, who revealed improper wiretapping of Americans’ telecommunications, and Pentagon whistleblower Frafnz Gayl, whose recommendation for proper equipment to avoid roadside bomb fatalities in Iraq was initially ignored.
Through their experiences, we discover that the Obama Administration has been marked by an unprecedented campaign of prosecution against those who try to reveal wrongdoing both within and outside of government.
Despite Obama’s campaign promise to lead the most transparent White House in history, his administration’s use of the Espionage Act to pursue eight whistleblowers has in fact created a dangerous climate of intimidation and retribution, not only for the whistleblowers themselves, but also for the reporters who break their stories.
See the trailer at:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1foRjGgEcL8
More on the film: http://www.waronwhistleblowers.comDownload the flyer: HERE
FILM FOLLOWED BY FACILITATED COMMUNITY DISCUSSION(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, SEPTEMBER 6, 2013, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFILM: "A PLACE AT THE TABLE" (84 min, Kristi Jacobson, Lori Silverbush, 2012)
50 Million Americans—1 in 4 children—don’t know where their next meal is coming from. A Place at the Table tells the powerful stories of three such Americans, who maintain their dignity even as they struggle just to eat. In a riveting journey that will change forever how you think about the hungry, A Place at the Table shows how the issue could be solved forever, once the American public decides—as they have in the past—that ending hunger is in the best interests of us all.
See the trailer at: http://www.magpictures.com/aplaceatthetable/
More on the film: http://www.takepart.com/place-at-the-table
Free, and open to the public.
FILM FOLLOWED BY FACILITATED COMMUNITY DISCUSSION(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, AUGUST 2nd THRU AUGUST 30th, 2012
NO FILMS WE'LL BE BACK SEPT 6th, 2013! ...WE'RE OFF FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST FOR A LITTLE ORGANIZATIONAL RECUPERATION TIME.

PLEASE JOIN US AGAIN ON SEPT 6th FOR A NEW SEASON OF GREAT MEANINGFUL MOVIES!

...SOCIAL JUSTICE DOCUMENTARY FILMS & COMMUNITY DISCUSSION,
...EVERY FRIDAY EVENING(except for the month of August )(Events are FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted)

Friday, JULY 26, 2013, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFILM: “IN MY LIFETIME”
(112 min, Robert E. Frye, 2011)With:
GROUND ZERO,
WASHINGTON PHYSICIANS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, and THE HANFORD CHALLENGE
In one lifetime a nuclear-armed world emerged, and with it the potential for global destruction on a scale never before possible.
Directed by a former ABC network news executive producer, IN MY LIFETIME provides a comprehensive look at the full scope and impact of the nuclear age from its beginnings to the present day, including the international efforts by citizens, scientists and political leaders to reduce or eliminate the nuclear threat.
Through archival footage and contemporary interviews, the film portrays the history of the nuclear era and the complex search for "a way beyond". Filmed in Europe, Japan and the U.S., the movie features international voices from many perspectives and different parts of the history.
IN MY LIFETIME challenges viewers to learn from this history and find a way to accomplish what might seem like the impossible, because it is an absolute necessity. Join us following the film for a Facilitated Discussion!
With: Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility,
Ground Zero, and The Hanford Challenge!
See the Trailer HERE.Download the flyer HERE.
Reading for the discussion: HERE.Ground Zero is an organization based on the Kitsap Peninsula, adjacent to and sharing 330 feet of fence with the Naval Submarine Base Kitsap-Bangor. Bangor now harbors the largest repository of nuclear warheads in the world, just 20 miles from downtown Seattle.
It's purpose is "to offer the opportunity to explore the meaning and practice of nonviolence from a perspective of deep spiritual reflection, providing a means for witnessing to and resisting all nuclear weapons.”
Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action marks the anniversaries of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on Friday, Aug. 9 through Sunday, Aug. 11 at Ground Zero Center on Kitsap.
More information on Ground Zero and the event: http://www.gzcenter.org/(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, JULY 19, 2013, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFILM: “UNDER AFRICAN SKIES” ...PAUL SIMON: THE MAKING OF GRACELAND – 25 YEARS(Joe Berlinger, 108 min, 2012)
UNDER AFRICAN SKIES begins with Paul Simon’s 2011 emo-tional journey back to South Africa and the roots of his seminal album Graceland – 25 years ago, Paul Simon released GRACELAND to equal parts acclaim and controversy.
The album broke open musical boundaries and brought together diverse cultures, but it split public opinion as Simon was accused of breaking the United Nations’ cultural boycott of South Africa, then a linchpin in the strategy to fight the nation’s intolerable system of apartheid. While the album went on to be widely celebrated for its revolutionary fusion of musical styles, for bringing the extraordinary gifts of underexposed South African musicians to the fore, and for sparking a brave new musical world of mixes, mash-ups and globe-hopping collaborations to come, the questions GRACELAND raised in 1986 remain.
See the Trailer HERE
Download the flyer HERE
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, JULY 12, 2013, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFILM: “THE GIFTS OF GRIEF”
(52 min, Nancee Sobonya, 2005)WITH THE FILMMAKER, NANCEE SOBONYA!"A beautiful film and a great gift to us all. Finally a film that points to the positive dimensions of grief. It shows us that grief is our common ground, that the healing is always found by moving toward the suffering and that the journey through grief is a path to wholeness." - Frank Ostaseski - Founder Metta Institute
Through compelling personal stories, we gain valuable insights from people facing, growing and transforming through grief. What can we learn from our losses? What inner and outer resources do we have to help us cope with our grief? How do we go on? What are the "gifts of grief?" These are the core questions that are explored by ordinary and extraordinary people, including writer, Isabel Allende; Reverend Cecil Williams; writer, Alana Laraine; Zen Monk /Vietnam Veteran, Claude AnShin Thomas; youth motivator, Vinny Ferrero; filmmaker, Lee Mun Wah who celebrate and inspire healing and transformation. The film invites us to open to pain, learn from loss, and teaches us about the preciousness of life.
To see the trailer and more information on the film, go to: www.giftsofgrief.com
Please join us following the film for a Q&A and a community discussion with the Filmmaker!
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, JULY 5, 2013, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFILM: "WITHIN REACH"
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JOURNEY TO FIND SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY(98 min, Mandy Creighton and Ryan Mlynarczyk, 2012) TRANSITION FRIDAY! …An evening focused on resilient community and positive solutions at a local level!JOIN US FOLLOWING THE FILM FOR A CONVERSATION WITH THE FILMMAKER, AMANDA CREIGHTON (via Skype) and GRACE KIM, ARCHITECT AND COHOUSING ADVOCATE WITH SCHEMATA WORKSHOP!WITHIN REACH documents one couple's pedal-powered journey across the United States in search of a new home in sustainable community.
Mandy and Ryan have given up their corporate jobs and their traditional houses to "bike-pack" thousands of miles around the USA, looking around as they look within.
Their journey and their film attempts to answer the question that they
(and many others) are asking: Is it possible for all of us to live in a
sustainable way? After circling the country, and talking with over 20,000 people they have found that not only is it possible, but it's already underway!Download the Flyer: COLOR of B&W! Please help us get the word out.

Friday, JUNE 28, 2013, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFILM: “PSYWAR” - Propaganda For Political, Corporate Control of American Minds (109 min, Scott Noble, 2010)
"PSYWAR" explores corporate and government use of propaganda and public relations to manipulate the American public. The movie explores how the U.S. government staged events to manipulate public opinion about the Iraq war, like the rescue of Private Jessica Lynch, the supposedly spontaneous mob that pulled over the larger-than-life statue of Saddam Hussein in Iraq. It also discusses the hidden activities of the Rendon Group, a PR firm specializing in spinning war.
The film exposes government and corporate activities to blur the lines between real news and fake news, as well as the development over time of public relations misinformation campaigns, strategic corporate campaigns to generate goodwill, and the perception of good works and other manipulative PR tools that have turned the land of the free and the home of the brave into a place where citizens are now manipulated with great efficiency, and on a massive scale.
Download the Flyer HERE. Please help us get the word out.For Further Reading:
Articles: HERE
An Interview with the Director: HERE
Join us following the film for a facilitated community discussion.(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, JUNE 21, 2013, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFILM: “OCCUPY LOVE” (86 min, Velcrow Ripper, 2013)WITH CECILE ANDREWS, AUTHOR OF THE NEW BOOK, “LIVING ROOM REVOLUTION”On a journey deep inside the revolution of the heart that is erupting around the planet, acclaimed director Velcrow Ripper (Scared Sacred, Fierce Light) explores the growing realization that the dominant system of power is failing to provide us with health, happiness or meaning. The old paradigm that concentrates wealth, founded on the greed of the few, is causing economic and ecological collapse. The resulting crisis has become the catalyst for a profound awakening: millions of people are deciding that enough is enough – the time has come to create a new world, a world that works for all life.
The film connects the dots in this era of rapidly evolving social change, featuring captivating insider scenes from the Egyptian Revolution, the Indignado uprising in Spain, Occupy Wall Street in New York, Indigenous activists at the Alberta Tar Sands, the climate justice movement, and beyond.
OCCUPY LOVE features some of the world’s key visionaries on alternative systems of economics, sustainability, and empathy, including Naomi Klein, Bill McKibben, Jeremy Rifkin, bell hooks and Charles Eisenstein.
Join us for a conversation with Cecile Andrews following the film!
Cecile is also the autor of the books “Slow Is Beautiful” and “The Circle Of Simplicity”.
She is active in the Sharing movement, the Seattle Area Happiness Initiative and the Transition Town movement, all efforts to build community and sustainability where they count the most, at the local level.
Her new book, “Living Room Revolution: A Handbook for Conversation, Community and the Common Good” refutes the notion that selfishness is at the root of human nature. Research shows that people - given the right circumstances - can be caring, nurturing and collaborative. Presented with the opportunity, they gravitate toward actions and policies embodying empathy, fairness, and trust instead of competition, fear, and greed. The regeneration of social ties and the sense of caring and purpose that comes from creating community drive this essential transformation. (See below for her reading at Elliot Bay Books on June 23rd. To see the trailer, go: HERE
To download the flyer, please go HERE. Please help us get the word out!
For more information on Cecile and her work, please go tohttp://www.cecileandrews.com/(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted)

Friday, JUNE 14, 2013, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFILM: "MONEY & LIFE" (90 min, Katie Teague, 2013)
and it's TRANSITION FRIDAY! …An evening focused on resilient community and positive solutions at a local level!Join us for the discussion following the film:DEBRA MORRISON and FRANCIS AYLEY with The Fourth Corner Exchange DIANNE JUHL with The Feminine Face of Money, andERIC SMITH with GoodfundsMONEY & LIFE is a passionate and inspirational documentary that asks a provocative question: can we see the economic crisis not as a disaster, but as a tremendous opportunity? This cinematic odyssey connects the dots on our current economic pains and offers a new story of money based on an emerging paradigm of planetary well-being that understands all of life as profoundly interconnected.
MONEY & LIFE takes us on a journey, from the origins of money to connecting the systemic dots on the current global financial crisis and how we got here. Most importantly, it says that we owe it to ourselves to understand the fundamentals of this technology called money in order to be effective participants in the economic transformation that is happening around us, a shift more rapid than the Industrial Revolution and as profound.
An optimistic film steeped in appreciation for human ingenuity, MONEY & LIFE does not dictate answers. It is a respectful invitation to consider questions critical to all our well-being: How can we move beyond being merely consumers, debtors and creditors, and put money in service to what we really care about as citizens, as human beings? Join us for a great discussion following the film! ...Please help us get the word out to friends and family!
For more info on The Fourth Corner Exchange:http://www.fourthcornerexchange.com/
For more info on Goodfunds go to: http://www.goodfunds.com/
For more info on The Feminine Face of Money go to:http://www.femininefaceofmoney.com/
Dianne Juhl's YouTube Channel go: HERE
To see the Trailer & for more information on the film, go to:http://moneyandlifemovie.com/
To see 'Main Street' says about the MONEY & LIFE film go : HERE
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To see the Trailer & for more information on the film, go to:http://moneyandlifemovie.com/Please read Dianne Juhl's article, "Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Life": HERE(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

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Friday, JUNE 7, 2013, 6:30 to 9:30 PMFILM: "THE REVOLUTIONARY"
(90 min, Irv Drasnin, Lucy Ostrander and Don Sellers, 2012)(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).AND JOINING US: FILMMAKERS LUCY OSTRANDER & DON SELLERS
Sidney Rittenberg arrived in China as a GI Chinese language expert at the end of World War II. Discharged there, he joined the Chinese Communist Party, and was an active participant in the Chinese communist revolution and its aftermath. An intimate of the Party's leadership, including Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai, he gained prominence at the Broadcast Administration, one of the most important agencies of government. But in the convulsions of a giant country constantly reinventing itself, he twice ran afoul of the leadership, and served a total of 16 years in solitary confinement. He returned to the United States in 1980.
Rittenberg captivates the audience with his exceptional intellect, uncompromising honesty, and engaging personality. Over a five-year period, award-winning former-CBS journalist and China specialist, Irv Drasnin, interviewed Rittenberg to produce a compelling, complex and unique understanding of the 20th century's biggest revolution. From Sid first meeting Mao in the caves of Yan’an, to his becoming famous and powerful during the Cultural Revolution, to his battling insanity in solitary, his journey and his profound insight illuminate a much greater history—a history few Chinese are aware of, let alone many Americans, told by an American who was there.
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To see the Trailer & for more information on the film, go to:http://revolutionarymovie.com/
More information on the filmmakers: http://stourwater.com/Books about the Cultural Revolution and/or its results:
Wind in the Tower, Mao Tse-tung and the Chinese Revolution, 1949-1976, by Han Suyin
Turning Point in China, an essay on the Cultural Revolution, by William Hinton
Away with All Pests, an English Surgeon in People's China, 1954-1969, by Joshua Horn
Daily Life in People's China, by Arthur W. Galston with Jean S. Savage
Education in China, Anglo-Chinese Educational Institute
Books about the Chinese revolution in general:
Red Star Over China, by Edgar Snow
The Morning Deluge, Mao Tsetung and the Chinese Revolution, 1893-1954, by Han Suyin
Fanshen, by William Hinton
A Curtain of Ignorance, How the American Public Has Been Misinformed about China, by Felix Greene Don’t miss the discussion with Sidney Rittenberg at 6:30PM!

Friday, MAY 31, 2013, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFILM: "AMERICAN: THE BILL HICKS STORY"
(106 min, Matt Harlock, Paul Thomas, 2011)
A captivating animated documentary drama on the legendary Texas outlaw comic Bill Hicks, whose profound observations on American life changed the face of comedy forever.
Much more than a comedian, Bill Hicks was and still is an inspiration to millions. His timeless comedy tackled the contradictions of America and modern life head on. But his unique gift was to tease apart the essence of religion, the dangers of unbridled government power and the double standards inherent in much of modern society, using nothing but his hilarious ideas and the uncompromising observational style that continues to resonate with successive generations.
Like many who have a strong sense of their place in history, Hicks left a large unseen legacy; his collection of video recordings and hundreds of photographs and these became the starting point for this feature-length animated documentary.
For more information on the film, and to see the Trailer, go tohttp://www.americanthemovie.com/
Download the Flyer: HERE. Please help us get the word out.
Synopsis of the Film: HERE
Articles: HERE(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, MAY 24, 2013, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFILM: “OUT OF THE MIST” - Olympic Wilderness Stories (49 min, Robert and Kathy Chrestensen, 2013) With the Filmmakers, ROBERT AND KATHY CHRESTENSEN,
& GRAHAM TAYLOR from the ‘Wild Olympics Campaign’ and the Sierra Club
OUT OF THE MIST captures the great beauty and inherent diversity of the Olympics, one of North America’s crown jewels. It was filmed over several years of hiking and backpacking in some of the Peninsula’s most remote wilderness areas: from the secluded North Coast beaches to the towering heights of Mount Olympus; through old-growth forests and primeval rainforests; along wild rivers…past tumbling cascades and icy headwaters; through subalpine meadows painted with wildflowers, and rolling basins dotted with sparkling lakes and tarns; up steep rocky slopes and seemingly impenetrable terrain …to the tops of awe-inspiring summits and close encounters with wildlife.
The film chronicles the life experiences of four unique individuals who know Washington’s Olympics intimately and share a deep kinship with them. Their stories are inspiring. The scenery is breathtaking.
OUT OF THE MIST is produced by the same group that gave us “The Irate Birdwatcher”, an amazing film shown at our venue in 2010.
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See the Trailer and more Info on the film: http://www.crestpictures.com/mist/
More information on the Wild Olympics Campaign:http://www.wildolympics.org/
Please support new Wilderness and Wild and Scenic River designations and watershed protections on the Olympic Peninsula:http://www.wildolympics.org/take_action(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, MAY 17, 2013, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFILM: "CORPORATE FM" ...the killing of local commercial radio
(73 min, Kevin McKinney, 2012)
DJs have a gift of listening to the best of their communities and then presenting that back to them. When live local voices are replaced with prerecorded and satellite programs, it ends an age-old symbiotic relationship between radio and the community. Why did radio DJs lose their power to pick music? See Corporate FM, the film that exposes conglomerate radio and the role of Private Equity in media consolidation. By investigating how the financial system gutted commercial radio instead of growing it, documentary film-makers Kevin McKinney & Jill McKeever show how independent radio is being monopolized by a few corporate owners and the effects on jobs and our communities. Join us following the film for a facilitated community discussion.
For the trailer and more information, go www.fmfilm.com/
Please download the Flyer COLOR, B&W, and help us spread the word. Thanks!FOR FURTHER READING :
Article: Take Action - Local Radio Now: HERE
Film Synopsis: HERE
More Articles & Links: HERE(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, MAY 10, 2013, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFILM: "BROTHERS ON THE LINE" (Sasha Reuther, 2012) BROTHERS ON THE LINE is an acclaimed documentary feature exploring the legacy of the Reuther brothers - Walter, Roy, and Victor - pioneering labor organizers and social justice statesman, and their remarkable leadership of the United Auto Workers union. Directed by Victor’s grandson Sasha Reuther and narrated by Martin Sheen, the film follows the brothers from their rise as shop-floor organizers in 1930s Detroit to leaders in collective bargaining, civil rights, and international labor solidarity. A timely tale of one family's quest to compel American democracy to live up to its promise of equality, BROTHERS ON THE LINE is a dramatic blueprint of successful social action.
For the trailer and more information, go HERE
Please download the Flyer HERE, and help us spread the word. Thanks!(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, MAY 3, 2013, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFILM: A COLLECTION OF SHORT FILMS ON LOCAL ECONOMIES!...and It's TRANSITION FRIDAY! …An evening focused on resilient community and positive solutions at a local level!
TheTransition movement sees a future with reduced energy and material resource availability which requires us to relocalize our economies. Economic growth has become unsustainable and unhealthy both to our communities and life on our planet. We cannot continue to consume five planets worth of resources.
What might resilient, sustainable economies look like? What are examples of local businesses that are already moving in this direction and how will our communities not just survive, but thrive?
What is a collaborative space? a hacker space? What is a “Local Living Economy”? a sharing economy? What is the “information economy” really going to be?
How can we divest from Wall Street and the banksters to create resilient safety nets for our communities by reinvesting in our local economy? How can we shift economic development away from the big box stores to retaining and supporting small local entrepreneurs that already live in and have a stake in our local communities? In addition to supporting them, how do we incubate resilient local businesses that we will need?
This collection of shorts will begin to answer these questions.

Friday, APRIL 26, 2013, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFILM: "5 BROKEN CAMERAS"
(90 min.Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi, 2011) With AMIN ODEH, Founder of Voices of Palestine and Co-founder of the Arab American Community CoalitionAn extraordinary work of both cinematic and political activism which is a deeply personal, first-hand account of non-violent resistance in Bil'in, a West Bank village threatened by encroaching Israeli settlements. Shot by a Palestinian farmer and filmmaker Emad Burnat who for five years records his village's turmoil as olive trees are bulldozed, protests intensify and lives are lost.
Structured in chapters around the destruction of each one of Burnat’s cameras, the filmmakers’ collaboration follows one family’s evolution over five years of village upheaval. Burnat watches from behind the lens in this profound cinematic diary and unparalleled record of life in the West Bank. Join us following the film for a facilitated converstion with Amin Odeh!

MORE INFORMATION:
See the Trailer and more about the film HERE
Please download the flyer HERE. Help us get the word out. Article: “From Unyielding Cameraman, an Acclaimed Film”: HERE
Article: “The Story Of A West Bank Village Told With '5 Broken Cameras”: HERE
Article: “Palestinian Director Emad Burnat, Nominated For Academy Award, Detained At LAX Immigration” - Michael Moore: HERE
Article: “Emad Burnat And Michael Moore On The Deeply Personal Struggle Behind '5 Broken Cameras”: HERE (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, APRIL 19, 2013, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFILM: “9/11 EXPLOSIVE EVIDENCE: THE EXPERTS SPEAK OUT”(95 min, Richard Gage, 2012) With BERT SACKS, Engineer; and KIT BURNS, Architect "[T]he most persuasive argument I have seen for further investigation of the Bush administration's relationship to that historical and troubling event [of 9/11]." -- Howard Zinn, author of A People's History of the United States, referring to David Ray Griffin’s writings."An extraordinary book... It is rar e, indeed, that a book has this potential to become a force of history" -- by Richard Falk, Professor Emeritus of International Law, Princeton University, from the foreword to David Ray Griffin's book The New Pearl Harbor .
The film features 43 experts in building engineering, physics, chemistry, and other technical fields, plus a half-dozen psychologists who discussed the denial of the evidence that the AE911Truth engineers have been seeking to get attention to since the founding of the nonprofit organization in 2007. The group's petition, signed by 16,000 concerned citizens in addition to the 1,800 architectural & engineering experts, calls upon the U.S. Congress to initiate a new independent investigation.
“The official story about the attacks of September 11 falls apart when you look squarely at the facts and apply basic scientific principles to interpret them," says Gage. "After more than ten years, a high-level investigation of the evidence is long overdue. Too much is at stake here to sweep the concerns under the rug.
Family members of 9/11 victims speak to the viewers of this film. . . . . they are asking you to join them in looking at what our experts have to say."
More info:
See the Trailer HERE
Download the flyer HERE. Help us get the word out.
Article: "Expert Group Rejects World Trade Center Reports": HERE
Article: "Debunking the Debunkers": HERE(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, APRIL 12, 2013, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFILM: “THE CRISIS OF CIVILIZATION”...A Users Guide. . . And How to Save It
(82 min, Nafeez Mossadeq Ahmed, 2011) TRANSITION FRIDAY!
THE CRISIS OF CIVILIZATION is a documentary feature film investigating how global crises like ecological disaster, financial meltdown, dwindling oil reserves, terrorism and food shortages are converging symptoms of a single, failed global system.
Weaving together archival film footage & animations, film-maker Dean Puckett, animator Lucca Benney and international security analyst Dr. Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed – author of A User’s Guide to the Crisis of Civilization: And How to Save It – offer a stunning wake-up call proving that ‘another
world’ is not merely possible, but on its way.
Ultimately, The Crisis of Civilization is a film about ideas: ideas that have got-ten us into this mess and ideas that can get us out—if we want to.Join us following the film for a facilitated community discussion.More info:
REVIEW in Transition Voice - "Peak kitsch: The Crisis of Civilization": HERE
SYNOPSIS - "Crisis Of Civilization": HERE
Crisis of Civilization - Links To Short Films: HERE
Download the Flyer HERE. Please help us get the word out!
To see the TRAILER and additional information on the film, go HERE(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, APRIL 5, 2013, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFILM: “THE SUFFERING GRASSES ”...THE CRISIS IN SYRIA
'When Elephants Fight, It Is The Grass That Suffers'
(52 min, Iara Lee, 2012)WITH RITA ZAWAIDEH, CARAVAN-SERAI.
After over a year and a half, with thousands dead and counting, the ongoing conflict in Syria has become a microcosm of political tensions in the Middle East and an unsavory reflection of the world at large. Against the backdrop of the Arab Spring and the complicated politics of the region, this film seeks to explore the Syrian conflict through the humanity of the civilians who have been killed, abused, and displaced to the squalor of refugee camps. In all such conflicts, large and small, it is civilians—women and children, families and whole communities—who suffer at the leisure of those in power and get caught in the crossfire of the hegemons.
Each person may have his or her own opinion about the decision of some actors to take up arms, or about whether or not the international community should try to topple the regime. Ultimately, however, any understanding of the Syrian conflict and its costs should be rooted in recognizing the humanity and suffering of these refugees. This film is one effort to do just that.
When elephants go to war, it is the grass that suffers!
For more information on the film and to see the trailer, please go to:http://www.culturesofresistance.org/suffering-grasses
Please join us following the film for a community conversation with Rita Zawaideh. She will be returning from Jordan just a few days before this event, where she will be traveling with a team of doctors with the objective to open an orphanage, and a women’s and children’s health clinic. The Syrian refugees in Jordan fleeing from this conflict are countless. Rita is a native of Jordan who spent ten years living in Syria. She returns to the area twice annually. For more information on Rita and her program, please go to: http://www.caravan-serai.com/articles/roots.html. Download the flyer HERE. Please help us get the word out! (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, March 29, 2013, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFILM: “TO THE LAST DROP”(47 min, Tom Radford, 2011)TAR SANDS OF
ALBERTA &
THE XL PIPELINE
WITNESS TO THE LAST DROP. The Alberta tar sands are now the world’s larg-est construction project. Its further expansion will have an estimated $1.7 Trillion impact on the Canadian economy over the coming decades. An area of the ancient Boreal forest the size of Greece will be affected by the open pit mine. The effects on climate is calculated to be disastrous. Pollution is extensive with toxic chemicals affecting every aspect of the environment. Air & Water laden with a litany of chemicals flow down-wind and downstream. The XL pipeline will extend the damage further.
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Friday, March 22, 2013, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFILM: “IRAQ: THE WAR WE LEFT BEHIND”
...a series of films & presentations on U.S. involvement in Iraq, from 1991 to the present.With Special Guests:CATHY BREEN and BERT SACKS March 19th marks the 10th anniversary of the US invasion of Baghdad in 2003. ...But this evening focuses on the U.S. involvement in Iraq since 1991.
...More details soon to follow.For the first 12 years, the U.S. destruction of Iraq's civilian infrastructure followed by economic sanctions led to massive suffering and deaths among the most vulnerable Iraqis. This was done, according to our own leaders, to overthrow Saddam. That failed. And after our invasion, we still expected the Iraqis to ignore what we had done and welcome U.S. soldiers with 'open arms and flowers.' When that turned out to be a sad fantasy, the U.S. occupation pitted various sectarian groups against each other in political power struggles.
After our invasion, we guarded only the Oil and Security Ministries in Baghdad, not the Electricity, Water, or Health Ministries from being looted. We greatly heightened sectarian divisions in Iraqi society by arbitrarily creating elections along sectarian lines. All the while, we wrote Iraq's new "oil law" for them; and when resistance to our occupation still increased, we supported torture and killing by Iraqi death squads as our way to 'tamp down' the situation. Is it any wonder why we are still hated there?All the time, main-stream media in the U.S. were all but complicit through the myopic lens of government and corporate control. This collection of films tells a different story that we should never forget.CATHY BREEN lived in Iraq prior to the U.S. invasion in 2003 and during the occupation. She was part of the group, Voices in the Wilderness, as part of the Iraq Peace Team. Over the last six years Cathy has spent periods of time in both Jordan and Syria with Iraqi refugees, to witness to their reality and advocate for their resettlement. In 2012 Cathy Breen returned to Iraq to witness conditions first-hand and to reconnect with her Iraqi friends.BERT SACKS became seriously involved with Iraq after reading in The New England Journal of Medicine that in the first 2/3rds of 1991 (after the Gulf War) 46,900 children had died. The study said they died from water-borne diseases caused by unsafe water because the war destroyed Iraq's infrastructure. He then went to Iraq nine times to bring embargoed medicine and report back on conditions. The U.S. Government fined him $10,000 for refusing to request a license; he refused to pay and eventually the case was thrown out of court. His last trip was in 2002 with his Congressman Jim McDermott.PRE-DISCUSSION READING:
“Iraq and the Betrayal of a People”, by Hans von Sponeck: HERE
“Najaf: The Electrical Grid Went Down”, by Cathy Breen: HERE
“Unfathomly Deep Wounds”, by Cathy Breen: HERE
"On Destroying Civilian Infrastructure During The Gulf War And Consequences For The Civilian Population"", by Bert Sacks: HEREDownload the Flyer: HERE. Please help us get the word out! (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, March 15, 2013, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFILM: “GENETIC ROULETTE”
(85 min, Jeffrey M Smith, 2012)
Experts expose the serious threats and how corporations like Monsanto hide the evidence. Never-before-seen evidence points to genetically engineered foods as a major contributor to rising disease rates in the US population, especially among children. Gastrointestinal disorders, allergies, inflammatory diseases, and infertility are just some of the problems implicated in humans, pets, livestock, and lab animals that eat genetically modified soybeans and corn.
Monsanto’s strong arm tactics, the FDA’s fraudulent policies, and how the USDA ignores a growing health emergency are also laid bare. This sometimes shocking film may change your diet, protect you and your family, and accelerate the consumer tipping point against genetically modified organisms (GMOs) already underway. Don’t miss this film!
See the Trailer HERE.
Download the flyer HERE. Please help us get the word out!(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

FOLLOWING THE FILM: JOIN US FOR A PARTICIPATORY CONVERSATION WITH THE FILMMAKERS, AND:RAE LEVINE - with Democracy at Work Network (DAWN), of the US Federation of Worker Co-ops.WEBSTER WALKER- with SLICE (Strengthening Local Independent Co-ops Everywhere).TERESA YOUNG- with the NW Coop Development (NWCDC).FRANCIS JANES- with Emerald City Cooperatives & One PacificCoast Bank.TONY HARRAH - Associate Producer of the film "SHIFT CHANGE", and longtime activist in the Service Employees International Union who will share some current perspectives on cooperatives from organized labor.

THIS IS ALSO ‘TRANSITION FRIDAY’:…An evening focused on resilient community and positive solutions at a local level! - every 2nd Friday of the month. Few concepts embody community resilience more than a cooperative economy!

Another world IS possible – and it looks like this!”- Jill Bamburg, Bainbridge Graduate Institute

We are profoundly pleased to present, SHIFT CHANGE, an amazing new documentary film by veteran award-winning filmmakers Melissa Young and Mark Dworkin. It tells the little known stories of employee-owned businesses that compete successfully in today’s economy while providing secure, dignified jobs in democratic workplaces.
With the long decline in US manufacturing and today’s economic crisis, millions have been thrown out of work, and many are losing their homes. The usual economic solutions are not working; so many citizens and public officials are ready to think outside of the box, to reinvent our failing economy in order to restore long term community stability and a more egalitarian way of life.
There is growing interest in companies that are owned and managed by their workers. Such companies tend to be more profitable and innovative, and more committed to the communities where they are based. Yet the public has little knowledge of their success, and the promise they offer for a better life.Please join us following the film for an in-depth discussion with the filmmakers!

“SHIFT CHANGE brings you behind the scenes at some of the most exciting cooperative successes in Europe and the United States. This is a movement that’s creating jobs, strengthening communities, and showing that another economy is possible. It’s a movement that’s taking off — and SHIFT CHANGE is the way to understand what’s happening.” - Sarah Van Gelder, YES! Magazine

(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, March 1, 2013, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFILM: “NUCLEAR SAVAGE: THE ISLANDS OF SECRET PROJECT 4.1”
(60 min. Adam Jonas Horowitz, 2012) WITH SPECIAL GUEST: DR. HOLLY M. BARKER, PhD, DEPT. OF ANTHROPOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
Adam Jonas Horowitz shot his first film in the Marshall Islands in 1986, and was shocked by what he found there: radioactive coconuts, leaking nuclear waste repositories, and densely populated slums were all the direct result of 67 Cold War U.S. nuclear bomb tests that vaporized islands and devastated entire populations.
Twenty years later, Adam returned to these islands to make this award winning political and cultural documentary exposé, titled "Nuclear Savage The Islands of Secret Project 4.1". Relying on recently declassified U.S. government documents, devastating survivor testimony, and unseen archival footage, this untold and true story reveals a shocking tale that pierces the heart of our democratic principles. Anthropologist, Dr. Holly M. Barker, who appears in the film and who is a long-term advocate of the Marshallese, will be here to add to our understanding and to share our warmest welcome to any local Marshallese who may attend our event.
For more information on the film and to see the trailer, go to:http://www.videoproject.com/nuclearsavage.html
Download the flyer HERE. Please help us get the word out. Additional Reading:
HuffPost Article on Nuclear Savage: HERE Article "Hell Revisited": HERE
Another article on the film: HEREArticle, Nuclear Ravage": HERE(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

From the Evening:
On March 1st, which is the anniversary of the U.S. detonation of Castle Bravo, the first hydrogen bomb on Bikini Atoll in 1954, we screened "The Nuclear Savage" at Friday Night at the Meaningful Movies. This film depicts the horrible nuclear radiation aftereffects that continue to this date on the Marshall Islands and on many of the Marshallese. We were honored and moved by the presence of about fifty from the Washington Marshallese community several of whom courageously shared their tragic stories. It is very apparent that these people were treated like experimental subjects and our government has not met its responsibilities to them. They need our help. - Tanya Maurer

A Note From the Marshallese Community in Seattle:
Hard times mean more hunger. One in four Washington kids are in families that struggle to put food on the table. During the recession, Washington legislators slashed State Food Assistance benefits for thousands of immigrant families. Because Marshallese immigrants are not eligible for federal food stamp benefits, this state cut has a terrible impact on the Marshallese community. It’s not fair, and it's time to fix it.Tell your legislators to restore equal benefits for State Food Assistance.
Hunger is a roadblock to opportunity. The ties between hunger, poor health and learning are well understood. If we continue to send children to school without the fuel they need for academic success, we continue to let the opportunity gap swallow up our future.
Cash-strapped families are skimping on the grocery items that build our kids’ bodies and minds and keep elders healthy: items like fish, dairy, veggies and whole grains. This has an especially hard impact on Marshallese families that face terrible health issues as a result of generations of radiation exposure.
The cut to State Food Assistance (SFA) hurts vulnerable children and elders the most. Singling out immigrant children and elders to suffer in hard times is simply not fair.-Thanks!

Friday, February 22, 2013, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFILM: “THE PEOPLE SPEAK"
VOICES OF A PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES(113 min, Anthony Arnove & Chris Moore2009)…A TRIBUTE TO HOWARD ZINN
THE PEOPLE SPEAK is a beautiful and moving film inspired by Howard Zinn’s books A People’s History of the United States—first published in 1980 and one of the bestselling history books in the United States—and Voices of a People’s History of the United States, the primary-source companion to A People’s History of the United States, edited with Anthony Arnove.
Using dramatic and musical performances of the letters, diaries and speeches of everyday Americans, the documentary feature film THE PEOPLE SPEAK gives voice to those who spoke up for social change throughout U.S. history, forging a nation from the bottom up with their insistence on equality and justice.
Narrated by acclaimed historian Howard Zinn, the film is based on his best-selling books and with Anthony Arnove.
Download the Flyer HERE. Please help us get the word out.
See the Trailer HERE. (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, February 15, 2013, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFILM: “CHASING ICE”...in HighDefinition (80 min, Jeff Orlowski, 2012) WITH SPECIAL GUESTS: WITH THE SIERRA CLUB!
Chasing Ice is the story of a mission by photographer James Balog to change the tide of history by gathering undeniable evidence of our changing planet. Within months of that first trip to Iceland, the photographer conceived the boldest expedition of his life: The Extreme Ice Survey. With a band of young adventurers in tow, Balog began deploying revolutionary time-lapse cameras across the brutal Arctic to capture a multi-year record of the world’s changing glaciers.
As the debate polarizes America and the intensity of natural disasters ramps up globally, Balog finds himself at the end of his tether. Battling untested technology in subzero conditions, he comes face to face with his own mortality. It takes years for Balog to see the fruits of his labor. His hauntingly beautiful videos compress years into seconds and capture ancient mountains of ice in motion as they disappear at a breathtaking rate. Chasing Ice depicts a photographer trying to deliver evidence and hope to our carbon-powered planet.Followed by a facilitated community discussion.For more on CHASING ICE, and to view the trailer, go HERE.Download the FlyerHERE. Please help us get the word out! AND IT'S MEANINGFUL MOVIES'
10th ANNIVERSERY ...Come celebrate with us!(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

The Solheim glacier in Iceland, from 2006 to 2009, thanks to the effects of climate change.

Friday, February 8, 2013, 7:00 to 9:30 PM FILM: “BROKEN ON ALL SIDES” - RACE, MASS INCARCERATION & NEW VISIONS FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN THE U.S.
(68 min, Matthew Pillischer, 2012) WITH SPECIAL GUESTS:
THE NO NEW JIM CROW SEATTLE CAMPAIGN
The documentary centers around the theory put forward by many, and most recently by Michelle Alexander (who appears in the movie), that mass incarceration has become "The New Jim Crow." That is, since the rise of the drug war and the explosion of the prison population, and because discretion within the system allows for arrest and prosecution of people of color at alarmingly higher rates than whites, prisons and criminal penalties have become a new version of Jim Crow.
Much of the discrimination that was legal in the Jim Crow era is today illegal when applied to black people but perfectly legal when applied to "criminals." The problem is that through subjective choices, people of color have been targeted at significantly higher rates for stops, searches, arrests, prosecution, and harsher sentences. So, where does this leave criminal justice?
Through interviews with people on many sides of the criminal justice system, this documentary aims to answer questions and provoke questions on an issue walled-off from the public's scrutiny.Download the Flyer HERE. Please help us get the word out on this great evening!
To see an interview with Michelle Alexander on Democracy Now: HERE
About "The No New Jim Crow Seattle Campaign”: The No New Jim Crow Seattle Campaign is dedicated to ending mass incarceration in America, beginning in Seattle/King County. Our methods are collaborative, creative, social, political, economic, and non-violent. We are working to build a society based not on punitive laws, imprisonment, illness, and oppression, but on a transformative, compassionate sense of justice and respect for the dignity and well-being of all people. For more information, go to: https://www.facebook.com/TheNewJimCrowInSeattle(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Additional Reading:
- "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness" by Michelle Alexander (2010)
- "Discipline and Punish" by Michel Foucault (definitely a mind bender that helps us understand the prison system on a deep level)
- "The City of Quartz" by Mike Davis (Older book, a classic about L.A. prison that explains what goes on in U.S. prisons) Verso 2006 (New Left Books)
- "Golden Gulag" by Ruth Wilson Gilmore (About the California system.) University of California Press, 2007
- "Punishing the Poor" by Loic Wacquant (Harder to read, but a great deal of information.) Duke University Press, 2009
- "Resistance Behind Bars" by Vicki Law, if anyone needs a dose of inspiration and hope
- "Let's Get Free" by Paul Butler
- "Shoestrings and Bootstraps" by Carl Livingston -- not Livingstone-- he is an SCCC political science professor who spoke at the No New Jim Crow Seattle forum on February 16th. His book is about criminal injustice in Washington state.
- Accountability Road Map (PDF)

Friday, February 1, 2013, 7:00 to 9:30 PM Film: “SLAVERY BY ANOTHER NAME”(90 min, Sam Pollard, 2012)
Slavery by Another Name challenges one of our country’s most cherished assumptions: the belief that slavery ended with Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation of 1863. The documentary recounts how in the years following the Civil War, insidious new forms of forced labor emerged in the American South, keeping hundreds of thousands of African Americans in bondage, trapping them in a brutal system that would persist until the onset of World War II.
SLAVERY BY ANOTHER NAME spans eight decades, from 1865 to 1945, revealing the interlocking forces in both the South and the North that enabled this “neoslavery” to begin and persist. Using archival photographs and dramatic re-enactments filmed on location in Alabama and Georgia, it tells the forgotten stories of both victims and perpetrators of neoslavery and includes interviews with their descendants living today. Download the Flyer HERE. Please help us get the word out.Articles to read:
- What Emancipation Didn’t Stop (Book Review): HERE
- Breaking the Chains of Debt Peonage by Chris Hedges: HERE
- The Pentagon and Slave Labor in U.S. Prisons: HERE
- Excerpt From the book, ‘Slavery By Another Name’: HERE
- About the author of ‘Slavery By Another Name’, Douglas Blackmon: HEREVideos to view:
- Bill Moyers Video ‘Confronting the Contradictions of America’ with Khahil Gibran Muhammad: HERE
- Democracy Now: ‘Michelle Alexander & Randall Robinson on the Mass Incarceration of Black America’: HERE(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, January 25, 2013, 7:00 to 9:30 PM Film: “YOU, ME, AND THE S.P.P: TRADING DEMOCRACY FOR CORPORATE RULE”(87 min, Paul Manly, 2009)Special Guests From The Washington Fair Trade Coalition: KRISTEN BEIFUS AND STAN SORSCHER
A feature length documentary which exposes the latest manifestation of a corporatist agenda that is undermining the democratic authority of the citizens of North America. Two processes, the Security Prosperity Partnership (SPP) and the Trade Investment Labor Mobility Agreement (TILMA) are rapidly eroding and eliminating standards, civil liberties, regulatory systems and institutions put in place over generations through the democratic process. Proponents of the SPP and TILMA say that they are needed to keep trade flowing, opponents say these agreements not only undermine the democratic authority of citizens they threaten the sovereignty of the three nations through the integration of military, security structures and regulatory regimes for the benefit of corporations.
Followed by a Facilitated discussion on the TRANS PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP (TPP), …think NAFTA on Steroids!Download the Flyer HERE. Please help us get the word out.
Info on the TPP: HERE
Article on TPP by Pearl Korn: HERE
Article on Trans-Pacific Partnership vs The New World Order: HERE
Article: Japan's farming could be going to seed - TPP: HERE
Article: U.S. Corporations Launch Wave of NAFTA Attacks: HERE(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, January 18, 2013, 7:00 to 9:30 PM Film: "ATOMIC STATES OF AMERICA"(90 min, Don Argott, & Sheena M. Joyce, 2012)AND A DISCUSSION ON THE LATEST EFFORTS TO CLEAN UP THE
586-SQUARE-MILE FORMER PLUTONIUM PRODUCTION FACILITY IN SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON STATE.With Special Guests:“HANFORD CHALLENGE”... Executive Director, Tom Carpenter
... Liz Mattson
... Erin Wyatt
and“WASHINGTON PHYSICIANS FOR
SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY”... Daniel NoonanIn 2010, the United States approved the first new nuclear power plant in 32 years, heralding a “Nuclear Renaissance”. But that was before the Fukushima accident in Japan renewed a fierce public debate over the safety and viability of nuclear power.
The Atomic States of America journeys to nuclear reactor communities around the country to provide a comprehensive exploration of the history and impact to date of nuclear power, and to investigate the truths and myths about nuclear energy.
As the nation stands at the crossroads of a possible Nuclear Renaissance, The Atomic States of America inspires informed discussion on the safety, viability and future of nuclear power in the United States.
See the Trailer HERE. Download the Flyer HERE. Please help us get the word out.

See an interview with co-director Sheena Joyce on Democracy Now HERE.
More information on the good work done here in Washington re: the Hanford Reservation, go to: http://www.hanfordchallenge.org/ and http://www.wpsr.org/
A list of Additional resources: HERE A review of the book, "Nuclear Roulette": HERE
A review of the movie by Variety: HERE
An Articlew: Showdown At San Onofre: HERE(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, January 11, 2013, 7:00 to 9:30 PM Film: "HAITI: WHERE DID THE MONEY GO?" WITH THE FILM’S DIRECTOR, MICHELE MITCHELL;
NICOLE PHILLIPS, STAFF ATTORNEY WITH THE INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE AND DEMOCRACY IN HAITI;
and THE CANADA HAITI ACTION NETWORK
The January 12, 2010 earthquake disaster in Haiti prompted an unprecedented outpouring of sympathy and assistance. Billions of dollars were pledged for immediate and long term aid and recovery.
Three years later, the country is ensnared in harsh social and economic conditions. Too little housing has been built. Hundreds of thousands are still living in squalid survivor camps. Cholera that was inadvertently introduced by UN soldiers in 2010 has killed more than 7,000. Promised economic reconstruction is still fleeting.
Michele Mitchell’s film examines the troubling aftermath of the earthquake and asks: “Where did the money go?” She is an executive editor of Film At 11 and was previously an investigative correspondent on ‘NOW with Bill Moyers’ (PBS).
Nicole Phillips is the staff attorney of the Boston-based Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti (IJDH). She is currently residing in Haiti in order to work with the IJDH's partner office in Port au Prince, the Bureau des avocats internationaux. She is also directing work that is related to her position as professor at the School of Law, University of San Francisco.
The IJDH and BAI are spearheading the legal action against the United Nations over the introduction of the cholera bacteria to Haiti in October 2010. The legal action seeks compensation for the victims of the cholera epidemic and funding to assist the ministries and agencies of the Haitian government to provide potable water to the people of the country.

Please join us for a Q&A with the film’s director Michele Mitchell and Attorney Nicole Phillips, followed by a facilitated discussion.Download the Flyer HERE. Please help us get the word out on this important film!

(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, January 4, 2013, 7:00 to 9:30 PM Film: "CAPE SPIN" …AN AMERICAN POWER STRUGGLEPLUS! ...SOLARIZING NW SEATTLEWith Solarize Seattle: Northwestand NW Seed
(90 min, Robbie Gemmel & John Kirby, 2011)CAPE SPIN tells the surreal, fascinating, tragicomic story of the battle over what would be America's largest clean energy project.
Cape Wind would be the U.S.’s first offshore windfarm…But strange alliances formed for and against: Kennedys, Kochs, and everyday folks do battle with the developer and green groups over the future of American power.
With full access to both sides, a commitment to impartial storytelling and fueled by a satiric ‘revolutionary’ soundtrack, Cape Spin! is “a gripping and entertaining study of eco-capitalism and grassroots democracy”. “It proves that environmental films can be crowd pleasers, and not at all just about the environment.”Join us following the film for a facilitated discussion!More the Trailer & more information on the Film: HERE

SOLARIZING Northwest SEATTLE!WALLINGFORD/ FREMONT
GREENWOOD/ PHINNEY
BALLARD/ CROWN HILL
BROADVIEW/ BITTER LAKE/ HALLER LAKE
GREEN LAKE/ LICTON SPRINGSJoin us following the film for a discussion with the folks fromSolarize Seattle: Northwest and NW Seed on working together to install solar panels on houses throughout NW Seattle!
We’ll discuss benefits, strategies, costs, group discounts, federal & local tax credits, and financing. Since nonprofit Northwest SEED launched Solarize in 2011, campaigns across the Puget Sound have resulted in nearly 150 new solar installations. Now this is coming to NW Seattle. Come and find out more! Spread the word to your neighbors. Register for upcoming informational workshops.
More information on Solarize Seattle: Northwest, and NW Seed, go to: http://solarizewa.org/Download the flyer for the film HERE, and please help get the word out on this very worthy effort.(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

PLUS...
SOLAR IS COMING TO
NW SEATTLE!

Friday, December 18, 2012, 7:00 to 9:30 PM NO FILM THIS EVENING (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

PEACE

Friday, December 21, 2012, 7:00 to 9:30 PM NO FILM THIS EVENING (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

PEACE

Friday, December 14, 2012, 7:00 to 9:30 PM Film: "IN ORGANIC WE TRUST"
(81 min, R. Kiplin Pastor, 2012)TRANSITION FRIDAY! …An evening focused on resilient community and positive solutions at a local level!When corporations went into the business and "organic" became a brand, everything changed. The philosophy and the label grew apart.

“Can gummy bears or bananas flown halfway across the world truly be organic?”

IN ORGANIC WE TRUST is an eye-opening food documentary that looks beyond organic for practical solutions for me and you. Local farmers’ markets, school gardens, and urban farms are revolutionizing the way we eat. Change is happening from the soil up.Join us following the film with a discussion on resilient community and positive local solutions!
Download our Flyer HERE. Please help us get the word out! (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

The collapse of the US banking system in 2008 had been forecasted years before it happened by the people in this film. But no one wanted to listen. Instead our country fell apart in the Fall of 2008, the worst financial collapse in the history of Wall Street. In 2008, rampant fraud on Wall Street created billions of counterfeit shares in the stock market, bond and futures markets, and the credit default swap market, helping to cause the catastrophic collapse of the entire world's economy. Known as naked short selling, the fraudulent practice caused the collapse of hundreds or even thousands of American companies, cost our country countless jobs, decimated retirement funds, and even flooded the market with worthless derivatives.
Download our Flyer HERE. Please help us get the word out!
More the Trailer & more information on the Film: HERE(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).__________________________________________NOTES FROM THE EVENING'S DISCUSSION:
Information on the Washington State Public Bank can be found HERE More information:
Article: "Wall Street Coming To Your Town" - HERE
Article: "The Linchpin Tipping Point" - HERE
Article: "Credit Default Swaps" - HERE
Additional Links - HERE

Friday, November 30, 2012, 7:00 to 9:30 PM Film: “HARVEST OF EMPIRE” - The Untold Story of Latinos In America, (90 min, Peter Getzels and Eduardo Lopez, 2012) WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM SCHOOL OF THE AMERICAS WATCH - PUGET SOUND CHAPTER

At a time of heated and divisive debate over immigration, HARVEST OF EMPIRE examines the direct connection between the long history of U.S. intervention in Latin America and the immigration crisis we face today. Based on the ground-breaking book by award-winning journalist Juan González, HARVEST OF EMPIRE takes an unflinching look at the role that U.S. economic and military interests played in triggering an unprecedented wave of migration that is transforming our nation’s cultural and economic landscape.
From the wars for territorial expansion that gave the U.S. control of Puerto Rico, Cuba and more than half of Mexico, to the covert operations that imposed oppressive military regimes in the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Nicaragua and El Salvador, to the notorious US sponsored School of the Americas, HARVEST OF EMPIRE unveils a moving human story that is largely unknown to the great majority of citizens in the U.S.
See the Trailer HERE(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).__________________________________________NOTES FROM THE EVENING'S DISCUSSION:
Please! Check out this great spoof video about the the terrorist "break-in" at Nuclear Submarine Base Bangor / Ground Zero: HERE
More information on the School Of the Americas Watch: HERE
Slideshow of the SOAW March & Protest at the gates of Ft. Benning, GA. on Nov 16th & 17th, 2012 (by Roger and Marilyn Yockey): HERE
A very special thanks to Suzanne Bottelli with SOAW-Puget Sound Chapter!

Friday, November 23, 2012, 7:00 to 9:30 PM Film:“HOW TO BOIL A FROG”
(88 min, Jon Cooksey, 2009) Our Post-Thanksgiving Special Family Movie!
…In the US, believe it or not, the Friday after THANKSGIVING is statistically the highest movie attendance day of the year! So make it worth while! Come join us for this irreverent look our consumer culture and unsustainable status quo!To celebrate our 'comsumer heritage', it's also "BUY NOTHING DAY".
...So come enjoy an appropriately priced movie!!

HOW TO BOIL A FROG is a feature-length eco-comedy that mixes rapid-fire humor and hard-hitting facts to show the consequences of a world in overdrive – where peak oil, global warming, overpopulation, diminishing natural resources, and a system where ‘the privileged few rule”’ are all hyperlinked to the point where we can no longer address any one problem without tackling the whole gnarly mess. The world needs a movie with a sense of humor, straight-shooting truth and solutions.
A little like The Simpsons, HOW TO BOIL A FROG is designed to appeal to both adults and kids. With a funny and irreverent take on our consumer culture and unsustainable status quo, this eco-comedy is filled with mindboggling facts and challenges that will both entertain and motivate people to rise up and save the planet, the polar bears, ...and their own butts.
A light-hearted look of our perilous situation, ...but with a plan.

See the trailer HERE.
Download the FLYER HERE - Help Us Get the Word Out to the Neighborhood!! Join us for the fun!(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, November 16, 2012, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFilms: “SALMON: RUNNING THE GAUNTLET”
and “THE ART OF DAM REMOVAL”Engage in the fight for survival of wild salmon, and the struggle to remove the dams that stand in the way.

With Guests:- KATHERINE RANSEL, former NW director of American Rivers, the attorney who instigated the removal of the 95-year old, 125-foot Condit Dam on the White Salmon River on behalf of American Rivers and 13 other national, regional and local conservation and fishing organizations ;
- MICHAEL GARRITY, Washington State Conservation Director, American Rivers and executive board of Save our Wild Salmon (SOS), a national coalition of 55 groups working to remove the four lower Snake River dams and improve the lot of salmon throughout the Columbia/Snake system
- SARA PATTON, Executive Director, NW Energy Coalition and executive board, SOS
- STEVE MASHUDA, Attorney, EarthJustice and executive board, SOS.

“SALMON: RUNNING THE GAUNTLET” (50 min, Jim Norton, 2011)
The film SALMON: RUNNING THE GAUNTLET investigates the parallel stories of collapsing Pacific salmon populations, once the largest in the world, and how biologists and engineers have become instruments in audacious experiments to replicate every stage of the fish’s life cycle. The film reveals a hopelessly complex and stunningly expensive approach to managing salmon in a failed attempt to make up for the deadly effects of fourteen mainstem dams of the Columbia/Snake River basin, and details how dams like Grand Coulee and Hell’s Canyon cut salmon off from hundreds of miles of their original habitat. “THE ART OF DAM REMOVAL” (20 min, Daniel Dancer, 2012)
Blending explosive footage, emotion and the power of a newly freed river after being blocked for nearly 100 years, this video celebrates the role of art-activism in the second largest dam removal project in world history, the Condit Dam on the White Salmon River in Washington State just above Hood River, Oregon.
An initial few wild-river and salmon-loving art-activists were important local voices backing American Rivers’ legal and administrative campaign that eventually lead to the demolition of the dam and the still ongoing restoration of the river. The film emphasizes the activists’ approach of regularly 'doing it in art first.'
The video features spectacular footage of the explosion opening the tunnel through the dam and the rushing of the freed water and mud of the White Salmon River as the reservoir drains in a mere 2 hours.

Friday, November 9, 2012, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFilm: "SYMPHONY OF THE SOIL"(103 min, Deborah Koons Garcia, 2012)With Professor DAVID MONTGOMERY, author of the book, Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations, and ANNE BIKLÉ,
co-author of their upcoming sequel book which will be a positive response to Dirt.

TRANSITION FRIDAY! …An evening focused on resilient community and positive solutions at a local level!
Drawing from ancient knowledge and cutting edge science, Symphony of the Soil is an artistic exploration of the miraculous substance soil. By understanding the elaborate relationships and mutuality between soil, water, the atmosphere, plants and animals, we come to appreciate the complex and dynamic nature of this precious resource. The film also examines our human relationship with soil, the use and misuse of soil in agriculture, deforestation and development, and the latest scientific research on soil’s key role in ameliorating the most challenging environmental issues of our time. Filmed on four continents, featuring esteemed scientists and working farmers and ranchers, Symphony of the Soil is an intriguing presentation that highlights possibilities of healthy soil creating healthy plants creating healthy humans living on a healthy planet.

See the trailer HERE. More info on Transition Seattle: HERE
More info on Sustainable Wallingford: HERE
More info on Scallops: HERE(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, November 2, 2012, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFilm: “PAUL CONRAD: DRAWING FIRE”
(54 min, Barbara Multer-Wellin, 2006)
One of the most distinguished editorial cartoonists in the world, Paul Conrad has won three Pulitzer Prizes in addition to a long list of journalism's most prestigious awards—although his favorite distinction is his 1973 inclusion on Richard Nixon’s enemies list. An extraordinary artist and journalist, Conrad epitomizes the fiercely independent voice that has been disappearing from American news media in recent years. Featuring nearly 200 Conrad cartoons and interviews with the artist’s family, friends and colleagues, PAUL CONRAD: DRAWING FIRE is a documentary tribute to this legendary editorial cartoonist.

"No one's ever accused me of being objective..."
- Paul Conrad

As traditional newspaper readership continues to decline, this film spotlights a rarity: a beloved figure that makes us think about the issues, about ourselves and about what it means to be a moral human being and a responsible citizen in modern times. Political cartoonist Paul Conrad, winner of three Pulitzer Prizes and renowned for his fearless voice, epitomizes what's disappearing from the media today.
__________________________________NOTES FROM THE EVENING'S DISCUSSION:
Here are some of the slides shown for this evening: SLIDES. These are by Jonik. It's a 6MB file and may take a few seconds to load. More information can be found at: www.mindfully.org and
jonikcartoons.blogspot.com

(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

SPECIAL SNEAK PREVIEW (A 51 min excerpt of the film will be shown to allow time for an in-depth discussion of the issues)
Friday, October 26, 2012, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFILM: "THE HOUSE I LIVE IN" GRAND
JURY PRIZE AT THE 2012 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL! (51 min, Eugene Jarecki, 2012)Joining Us:
ALISON HOLCOMB, DIRECTOR OF DIRECTOR OF NEW APPROACH WASHINGTON
AND THE YES! ON I-502 CAMPAIGN,
"Washington Marijuana Legalization and Regulation"
As America remains embroiled in conflict overseas, a less visible war is taking place at home, costing countless lives, destroying families, and inflicting untold damage on future generations of Americans. Over forty years, the War on Drugs has accounted for more than 45 million arrests, made America the world’s largest jailer, and damaged poor communities at home and abroad. Yet for all that, drugs are cheaper, purer, and more available today than ever before.
Filmed in more than twenty states, THE HOUSE I LIVE IN captures heart-wrenching stories from individuals at all levels of America’s War on Drugs. From the dealer to the grieving mother, the narcotics officer to the senator, the inmate to the federal judge, the film offers a penetrating look inside America’s longest war, offering a definitive portrait and revealing its profound human rights implications.
While recognizing the seriousness of drug abuse as a matter of public health, the film investigates the tragic errors and shortcomings that have meant it is more often treated as a matter for law enforcement, creating a vast machine that feeds largely on America’s poor, and especially on minority communities. Beyond simple misguided policy, The House I Live In examines how political and economic corruption have fueled the war for forty years, despite persistent evidence of its moral, economic, and practical failures.

PLEASE NOTE: "THE HOUSE I LIVE IN" IS SCHEDULED TO BE RELEASED AT THE SUNDANCE CINEMA IN SEATTLE ON NOVEMBER 9th! DOWNLOAD FLYERS HERE FOR THIS EVENT AND PLEASE PASS THEM AROUND IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

...
THIS IS A FILM NOT TO MISS!

Trailer and more on the film and the issues: HERE.
Download our past flyer: HERE ...Please help us get the word out!This a film that everyone should see, and an issue we should all talk about openly.

Also see another very good film on this topic: "AMERICAN DRUG WAR" by Kevin Booth in it's entirety HERE- shown earlier at Meaningful Movies. Please support Kevin Booth in his Kickstarter Campaign to complete"American Drug War 2": HERE. This is a very important effort. (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, October 19, 2012, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFilm: "WE'RE NOT BROKE"
(81 min, Karin Hayes and Victoria Bruce, 2012)
...the story of U.S. corporations dodging billions of dollars in income tax, and how seven fed-up Americans take their frustration to the streets…and vow to make the corporations pay their fair share.America is in the grip of a societal economic panic. Lawmakers cry “We’re Broke!” as they slash budgets, lay off schoolteachers, police, and firefighters, crumbling our country’s social fabric and leaving many Americans scrambling to survive. Meanwhile, multibillion-dollar American corporations like Exxon, Google and Bank of America are making record profits. And while the deficit climbs and the cuts go deeper, these corporations—with intimate ties to our political leaders—are concealing colossal profits overseas to avoid paying U.S. income tax.
WE’RE NOT BROKE is the story of how U.S. corporations have been able to hide over a trillion dollars from Uncle Sam, and how seven fed-up Americans from across the country, take their frustration to the streets . . . and vow to make the corporations pay their fair share.
Trailer and more on the film: HERE
Discussion Questions: HERE
Press Kit: HERE
Talking Points: HERE
Synopsis, Facts and Links, including the short shown before the film: HERE(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, October 12, 2012, 7:00 to 9:30 PM...come early for a little informal social time!
FILM: "QUEEN OF THE SUN”What Are the Bees Telling Us? (83 Min, Taggart Siegel, 2010) And a Discussion on Colony Collapse, Pollinators and our Food SecurityTRANSITION FRIDAY! …An evening focused on resilient community and positive solutions at a local level!

QUEEN OF THE SUN is a profound, alternative look at the global bee crisis, taking us on a journey through the catastrophic disappearance of bees and the mysterious world of the beehive. This engaging and ultimately uplifting film weaves an unusual and dramatic story of the heartfelt struggles of beekeepers from around the globe.
In 1923, Rudolf Steiner, a scientist, philosopher & social innovator, predicted that in 80 to 100 years honeybees would collapse. His prediction has come true with Colony Collapse Disorder where bees are disappearing in mass numbers from their hives with no clear explanation. In an alarming inquiry into the insights behind Steiner’s prediction, QUEEN OF THE SUN examines the global bee crisis through the eyes of biodynamic beekeepers, scientists, farmers, and philosophers. On a pilgrimage through 10,000 years of beekeeping, the film highlights how our historic and sacred relationship with bees has been lost due to highly mechanized industrial practices. Featuring Michael Pollan, Vandana Shiva, Gunther Hauk and beekeepers around the world, QUEEN OF THE SUN weaves a dramatic story which uncovers the problems and solutions in renewing a culture in balance with nature. Join us following the film for a facilitated discussion on the connections between bees and our food security, with the Puget Sound Beekeepers Association and Transition Seattle!

Friday, October 5, 2012, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFILM: "HEIST"
Who Stole the American Dream? (76 min, Frances Causey & Donald Goldmacher, 2012)HEIST is a feature documentary which investigates the roots of the current economic crisis, and the ongoing assault on working people in the United States. It tells the hidden story of the systemic, multifaceted corporate attack on the middle class that, starting in the 1970s, transformed America's well-regulated economy into a battlefield littered with foreclosed homes, runaway jobs, and broken dreams.
The American economy has been eviscerated due to four decades of deregulation, the outsourcing of forty-million manufacturing jobs, and self-serving tax policies that have created a new class of robber barons. Today's news blames Americans' devastated 401(k)'s and collapsed home values on financial earthquakes within the last two years.
But HEIST traces these seismic shifts back to their roots in the early 1970s. It shows how large corporations - acting through lobbying organizations like the Business Roundtable and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce - began a political mobilization that would propel the largest transfer of wealth in history. The winners were the wealthiest 1% of our population. The losers were ordinary Americans, whose real income has barely increased since 1973.

HEIST..."has the virtue of taking the long view of a crisis that recent films like “Inside Job” and “Too Big to Fail” have only sketchily explored. It makes a strong case that government regulation of business is essential for democracy to flourish." —Stephen Holden, New York Times

See the TrailerHERE.Download the FlyerHERE. ... Please help us get the word out!(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, September 28, 2012, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFILM: "FOR MY WIFE" …The Making of an Activist for Marriage Equality(60 min, David Rothmiller, 2008)With Human Rights and Marriage Equality Advocate, CHARLENE STRONG
...and a discussion on Referendum 74
& Marriage EqualityAddressing a timely and critical issue, FOR MY WIFE chronicles the making of an activist for Marriage Equality. Charlene Strong was thrust into the spotlight after the tragic death of her wife of 9 years, Kate.
After facing this loss and the heartless humiliation of hospital and funeral home staff, Charlene decided to take a stand. Her dramatic congressional testimony is credited in passing Washington state's historic Domestic Partnership laws. As Charlene finds her voice to speak out against injustice, her journey takes her across the country, finally meeting with President Barack Obama and securing his commitment to equality for all LGBT Americans.
FOR MY WIFE tells Charlene's story against the backdrop of the national debate on Marriage Equality. It is one of courage and determination and inspires the activist in all of us.Please join us following the film for a facilitated discussion on Referendum 74 & the current debate on Marriage Equality,
...
with Human Rights Advocate CHARLENE STRONG.

See the Trailer HERE.
Download the Flyer HERE.
Info on R74 HERE.
For more info on Charlene Strong and LFB Advocacy Group HERE.
... PLEASE HELP US GET THE WORD OUT! (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, September 21, 2012, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFILM: "CATASTROIKA"Privatization Goes Public(87 min, Katerina Kitidi and Aris Hatzistefanou, 2012)CATASTROIKA analyzes the shifting of state assets to private hands. The filmmakers travel round the world gathering data on privatization in developed countries and search for clues on the day after Greece’s massive privatization program.
The documentary uncovers the forthcoming results of the current sell-off of the Greek public assets, demanded in order to face the country’s enormous sovereign debt.
Turning to the examples of London, Paris, Berlin, Moscow and Rome, Catastroika predicts what will happen, if the model imposed in these areas is imported in a country under international financial tutelage.
Slavoj Zizek, Naomi Klein, Luis Sepulveda, Ken Loach and Greg Palast talk about the austerity measures, the Greek government as well as the attack against Democracy on Europe, after the general spreading of the financial crisis.
Academics and specialists like Dani Rodrik, Alex Callinicos, Ben Fine, Costas Douzinas, Dean Baker and Aditya Chakrabortty present unknown aspects of the privatization programs in Greece and abroad.

Friday, September 14, 2012, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFILM: "WE ARE NOT GHOSTS" REBUILDING DETROIT FROM THE BOTTOM UP…A New Film by Melissa Young and Mark Dworkin(52 min, 2012)Followed by a Discussion on Resilient Community
and Rethinking Our
Urban Future!WITH THE FILMMAKERS, MELISSA YOUNG AND MARK DWORKIN!
HEATHER DAY from COMMUNITY ALLIANCE FOR GLOBAL JUSTICE (CAGJ),
AND LEO BRODIE FROM TRANSITION SEATTLE
Fifty years ago, Detroit was famous as the motor city, where 2 million hard working people were living the American dream. Then the auto industry fell on hard times, and so did Detroit. Most people moved away; neighborhoods turned into wastelands. But some have a vision for a new Detroit as a human scaled city for a post industrial era. And they are starting to make it real.
WE ARE NOT GHOSTS tells their stories: from community businesses, to place-based schools, to thriving urban gardens and spoken word artists. These are the tales of Detroiters remaking their city with vision and spirit.
In 2010 when the filmmakers visited Detroit to participate in the US Social Forum, they were introduced to the incredible array of grassroots activity, that collectively show a surprisingly resilient urban community in contrast to the common images of burned out houses and marginalized people.
These stories, superbly underscored with the "music" of spoken word artists, are of enormous value to people elsewhere who are also struggling to re-envision and rebuild their cities in the post industrial era.
Among those featured in the film are Jessica Care Moore and Grace Lee Boggs.

Join us following the film for a community discussion with the Filmmakers, Representatives from CAGJ, and Transition Seattle.
See the Trailer HERE.
More information on the filmmakers: www.movingimages.orgMore information on CAGJ: www.seattleglobaljustice.org
More information on Transition Seattle: www.transitionseattle.com
Download the Flyer HERE.
... Please help us get the word out!TRANSITION FRIDAY! …An evening focused on resilient community and positive solutions at a local level! (Every 2nd Friday of the Month). (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

OUR FIRST FILM OF THE NEW SEASON!
Friday, September 7, 2012, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFILM: "THE ECONOMICS OF HAPPINESS" (58 min, Helena Norberg-Hodge, 2010)"Gross National Happiness is more important than Gross National Product"
-Jigme Singye Wangchuck, King of BhutanPlease join us for this great documentary film by the International Society for Ecology & Culture (ISEC) about the worldwide movement for economic localization.
Economic globalization has led to a massive expansion in the scale and power of big business and banking. It has also worsened nearly every problem we face. For the majority of people on the planet life is becoming increasingly stressful. We have less time for friends and family and we face mounting pressures at work.
The Economics of Happiness describes a world moving simultaneously in two opposing directions. On the one hand, government and big business continue to promote globalization and the consolidation of corporate power.
At the same time, all around the world people are resisting those policies, demanding a re-regulation of trade and finance—and, far from the old institutions of power, they’re starting to forge a very different future. Communities are coming together to re-build more human scale, ecological economies based on a new paradigm – an economics of localization.JOIN US FOR OUR OPENING FILM OF THE SEASON, FOLLOWED BY A FACILITATED DISCUSSION.See the Trailer HERE.Download the Flyer HERE. Please help us get the word out. Thanks! (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, AUGUST 3rd THRU AUGUST 31th, 2012
NO FILMS WE'LL BE BACK SEPT 7, 2012! ...WE'RE OFF FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST FOR A LITTLE ORGANIZATIONAL RECUPERATION TIME.
PLEASE JOIN US AGAIN ON SEPT 7th FOR A NEW SEASON OF GREAT MEANINGFUL MOVIES!

...SOCIAL JUSTICE DOCUMENTARY FILMS & COMMUNITY DISCUSSION,
...EVERY FRIDAY EVENING(except for the month of August )(Events are FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted)

Friday, July 27, 2012, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFILM: "THE CORPORATION" (Mark Achbar & Jennifer Abbott, 2003)With OCCUPY SEATTLE If Corporations are people as the Supreme Court has declared, what kind of people would they be?
Mitt Romney claims that corporations are people. ...What kind of people?
In this acclaimed documentary that has won 23 international awards since its release in 2005 it has become even more relevant today. In this vital documentary over 40 corporate insiders and critics explore the nature and spectacular rise of the most pervasive institution of our time. Combining analysis with footage from advertising, television news and industrial films, The Corporation is a provocative look at the inner workings, curious history, controversial impacts and possible futures of globalization and corporate takeover of the planet. Download the flyer HERE.
See the Trailer HERE.
Please help us get the word out.(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, July 20, 2012, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFILM: "ETHOS" (68 min, Pete McGrain, 2012)
Hosted by twice Oscar nominated actor and activist Woody Harrelson, Ethos lifts the lid on a Pandora's Box of systemic issues that guarantee failure in every aspect of our lives, from the environment to our democracy and our own personal liberty. From conflicts of interest in politics to unregulated corporate power, to a military industrial complex that just about owns our government. We cannot change our system until we know how it works and this film, with interviews from some of today's leading thinkers, will show you a simple but powerful way to start making meaningful and sustainable change. We can live in peace and justice in a clean environment and Ethos will show you how.Download the Flyer: COLOR or B&W. See the Trailer HERE. ...Please help us get the word out.(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, July 13, 2012, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFILM: "THE LIGHT BULB CONSPIRACY" (52 min, Cosima Dannoritzer, 2010) Planned Obsolescence is the deliberate shortening of product life spans to guarantee consumer demand.
As a magazine for advertisers succinctly puts it: The article that refuses to wear out is a tragedy of business –
and a tragedy for the modern growth society which relies on an ever-accelerating cycle of production,
consumption and throwing away.
The Light Bulb Conspiracy combines investigative research and rare archive footage to trace the untold story of
Planned Obsolescence, from its beginnings in the 1920s with a secret cartel, set up expressly to limit the life
span of light bulbs, to present-day stories involving cutting edge electronics (such as the iPod) and the growing
spirit of resistance amongst ordinary consumers.
This film travels to France, Germany, Spain and the US to find witnesses of a business practice which has
become the basis of the modern economy, and brings back disquieting pictures from Africa where discarded
electronics are piling up in huge cemeteries for electronic waste.
PLUS A SELECTION OF SHORT FILMS
(a positive Transition response)Local Solutions focusing on Tool Libraries, Fixers & Makers
…from Do-It-Yourself (DIY) to Do-It-Together (DIT)..join us for discussions & demos following the films with: TRANSITION SEATTLE - http://transitionseattle.com/,
SUSTAINABLE WALLINGFORD - http://greenwallingford.ning.com/,
and SPECIAL GUESTS:
WEST SEATTLE TOOL LIBRARY - http://wstoollibrary.org/,
WEST
SEATTLE FIXERS (& MAKERS) COLLECTIVE - http://wsfixers.org, and
NE SEATTLE TOOL LIBRARY- http://neseattletoollibrary.org/See the Trailer HERE.
Download the Flyer HERE.
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Please help us get the word out!(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, July 6, 2012, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFILM: "FLOCK OF DODOS"
THE EVOLUTION-INTELLIGENT DESIGN CIRCUS(84 min, Randy Olson, 2006)“FLOCK OF DODOS” is the first feature length documentary to explore the Darwin vs. intelligent design controversy. Filmmaker/evolutionary ecologist/
surfer Dr. Randy Olson pokes fun at both sides of this debate and eventually uses his own mother, Muffy Moose, to make sense out of this age old split between science and religion.
Olson travels to his home state of Kansas, the top battle ground for evolution, where his confrontations with one of the top lawyers backing intelligent design that leaves audiences squirming in their seats. At the same time, he pulls together eight evolutionists for a night of poker, where he reveals them to be arrogant, condescending, and self-certain until they eventually turn on themselves in a spat that sounds like...a flock of dodos.
From the opening statistic (a pie chart in the form of an apple pie) the film provides equal amounts of laughter, guffaws, and eventually enough serious thought to prompt hours of discussion. And unlike political rants on the topic, the film maintains an atmosphere of fairness, allowing audiences from both sides to watch it together.Download the flyer HERE.
See the Trailer HERE.
Please help us get the word out.(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, June 29, 2012, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFILM: “ SURVIVING JAPAN"
(Chris Noland, 2012
)With The Filmmaker, CHRIS NOLANDChris Noland, a Seattle film maker, spent months after the nuclear and tsunami disaster filming the recovery effort in Northern Japan. His film portrays the humanitarian and aid crisis that faced the people in Japan in the wake of the devastating events. An array of environmental health issues are illustrated.
Please join us for a facilitated discussion with our special guest, Chris Noland, film maker, and producer. Download the flyer HERE. See the Trailer HERE.Please help us get the word out.(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, June 22, 2012, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFILM: “ENCOUNTER POINT "
(
52 min, Directed by Ronit Avni and Julia Bacha, 2006)With AMIN ODEH, Co-founder of the Arab American Community Coalition. Jointly produced by a multinational team of women from Just Vision. "Encounter Point" moves beyond dogmatic and sensational imagery to focus on bereaved family members who risk their safety to press for an end to the conflict. They are at the vanguard of a movement to push Palestinian and Israeli societies to a tipping point, forging a new consensus for nonviolence and peace. "Encounter Point" is a film about hope, true courage and implicitly about the silence of the media and politicians who pay little attention to vital grassroots peace efforts.
Our special guest will be Amin Odeh, who started Voices of Palestine and who is the co-founder of Arab American Community Coalition.
Download the flyer HERE. Please help us get the word out. (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, June 15, 2012, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFILM: “KOCH BROTHERS EXPOSED "(80 min, Robert Greenwald, 2012)
Koch Brothers Exposed is a hard-hitting investigation of the 1% at its very worst. This full-length documentary film on Charles and David Koch—two of the world’s richest and most powerful men—is the latest from acclaimed director Robert Greenwald (Wal-Mart: the High Cost of Low Price, Outfoxed, Rethink Afghanistan). The billionaire brothers bankroll a vast network of organizations that work to undermine the interests of the 99% on issues ranging from Social Security to the environment to civil rights. This film uncovers the Kochs’ corruption—and points the way to how Americans can reclaim their democracy.
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, June 8, 2012, 6:30 to 9:30 PM
(Short films at 6:30, Feature films start at 7**)FILM: “DIRTY COAL: THE TOXIC ADDICTION" (Jaime Gonzales , 2010) And the Film: "NO COAL IN THE NORTHWEST!" WITH THE SIERRA CLUB, TRANSITION SEATTLE, SUSTAINABLE WALLINGFORD AND OTHERS
TRANSITIOIN FRIDAY! …An evening focused on resilient community and positive solutions at a local level!DIRTY COAL: THE TOXIC ADDICTION exposes the historic greed for dirty coal profits and the worldwide addiction to burning coal for electricity. Dirty coal powered the industrial revolution and now even powers the social networking phenomenon of Facebook. The film features coal ash disasters; Daryl Hannah’s famous arrest of protesting mountaintop removal of coal; and how the U.S. is becoming a colonial exporter of millions of tons of coal to fuel China’s growing economy. The film highlights the dynamic student movement trying to close coal plants on 60 U.S. college campuses.
The documentary closes with a clear exit strategy:
- Enact an immediate moratorium on new coal plants
- Enact sunset laws on existing coal plants so that no coal plant can operate for more than 50 years
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Enact a “50% by 2030” requirement to use renewable energy as the means to end our toxic addiction to dirty coal.
NO COAL IN THE NORTHWEST! (by PowerPastCoal.org) is a compelling short documentary film describing plans to export dirty U.S. coal to Asia. Local voices from Longview, Bellingham, Hood River, and Portland share how coal trains and terminals will harm their communities. The film captures the filth of coal and the shine of those who know we can do better.Join us following the film for a facilitated discussion on the proposed Coal Train across Washington.
For more information on Sierra Club and the issues,
go to:www.coalfreewashington.org and PowerPastCoal.org**Short films will focus on Tar SandsPLEASE DOWNLOAD THE FLYERS, AND HELP US GET THE WORD OUT! COLOR or B&W (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, June 1, 2012, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFILM: “THE WELCOME" - A HEALING JOURNEY FOR WAR VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES (93 min, Kim Shelton, 2011)WITH SALLY JO GILBERT DE VARGAS FROM SOLDIER’S HEART SEATTLE.THE WELCOME offers a fiercely intimate view of life after war: the fear, anger and isolation of post-traumatic stress that affects vets and family members alike. As we join these vets in a small room for an unusual five day healing retreat, we witness how the ruins of war can be transformed into the beauty of poetry. Here our perceptions are changed, our psyches strained, and our hearts broken. And at the end, when this poetry is shared with a large civilian audience, we begin to understand that all of us are a vital piece of the Welcome as Veterans try to find the way back home. Their examples of unflinching honesty, courage and love lift us up, inspiring all of us once again to feel our common humanity, always the first casualty of war.
Please join us for a facilitated discussion with Sally Jo Gilbert de Vargas following the film.
For more information on the film and the trailer, go here: HERE
For more information on Soldier’s Heart, go to: http://www.soldiersheart.net/ and http://interfaithcommunitychurch.org/index.php/projects/soldier-s-heart/(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, May 25, 2012, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFILM: “THE INVISIBLE WAR" (93 min, Kirby Dick, 2012)With Guests: SOLDIERS FROM 'COFFEE STRONG' THE INVISIBLE WAR is a groundbreaking investigative documentary about one of our country's most shameful and best kept secrets: the epidemic of rape within our US military. Today, a female soldier in Iraq and Afghanistan is more likely to be raped by a fellow soldier than killed by enemy fire with the number of assaults in the last decade alone in the hundreds of thousands.
Focusing on the powerfully emotional stories of several young women, the film reveals the systemic cover up of the crimes against them and follows their struggles to rebuild their lives and fight for justice.
THE INVISIBLE WAR features hard-hitting interviews with high-ranking military officials and members of Congress that reveal the perfect storm conditions that exist for rape in the military, its history of cover-up, and what can be done to bring about much needed change.
To download the flyer, go HERE. Please help us get the word out. For more information on the film and the trailer, go here: HERE(...And, if you're heading south and want a great coffee, COFFEE STRONG is the place to know about! COFFEE STRONG provideS a safe place for soldiers to share the effects of disastrous wars, within 300 meters of the gates at Ft Lewis. Take Exit 122 off I-5, turn right at flashing red lights, located next to Subway. Coffee Strong is at 15109 Union Ave. SW, Ste B, Lakewood, WA 98498) Please join us for a facilitated discussion following the film.(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, May 18, 2012, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFILM: “THE HEALTHCARE MOVIE" (65 min, Laurie Simons and Terry Sterrenberg, 2011)With Guests: AARON KATZ,
- Principal Lecturer of Health Services
and Global Health, UWDR. REENA KOSHY,
- Policy Committee Member with the National Physicians Alliance DR. SARAH WEINBERG,
- Physicians for a National Health Program & Healthcare For AllAndThe Filmmakers,LAURIE SIMONS AND TERRY STERRENBERG
This documentary provides the real story of how the health care systems in Canada and the United States evolved to be so completely different, when at one point they were essentially the same. Most people under the age of 50, in both countries, are not aware of the intensity of the political struggle that led to the universal medical care system in Canada. Nor are they aware of the public relations campaigns, still active today, that have been prevalent in the United States since the early 1900’s to dissuade the public from supporting national health care.
Produced by Canadian/American couple Laurie Simons and Terry Sterrenberg, THE HEALTHCARE MOVIE reveals the personal and emotional impact on Canadians who now have access to universal health care because of the heroism of people who took a stand nearly 50 years ago. It also reveals the continuing struggle in the United States between the fear of government intervention and the right to quality health care for all people.
Every day people are dying or going bankrupt due to the ills of the United States system. Who are we in the face of this human tragedy? If you agree that people are more important than profits, then you must watch this film. Please join us following the film for a facilitated discussion with AARON KATZ,
DR. REENA KOSHY,
DR. SARAH WEINBERG and the FILMAKERS, and learn what you can do to help provide a better healthcare system for all!To download the flyer, go HERE. Please help us get the word out. For information on the National Physicians Alliance: http://npalliance.org/Information on Physicians for a National Health Program: http://www.pnhp.org/
Information on Healthcare For All - WA: http://www.healthcareforallwa.org/
To view the trailer and more info on the film, go to: www.healthcaremovie.net(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

**FOLLOW-UP TO OUR EVENING DISCUSSION:
Looking at the current political climate and the continued deterioration in access and affordability in health care, both Western Washington Chapter of PNHP (www.pnhpwesternwashington.org) and Health Care for All – Washington (www.healthcareforallwa.org) recognize that a massive public movement is going to be necessary to overcome the firm grip that those who profit greatly from our current health care non-system have on our political process. Imagine the effect if millions showed up in Washington DC demanding national health coverage for everyone residing in the U.S.! Or, for that matter, several thousand massing in Olympia demanding a state universal coverage system like the WHST.
Both organizations are working on what to say once the Supreme Court announces its decision about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (PPACA). Both are also exploring emphasizing the human rights/social responsibility aspect of universal national health coverage. It’s striking that every other industrialized nation treats health care as a social responsibility that the government organizes. Even developing nations, as they become wealthy enough to afford it, establish national universal coverage. We in the U.S. are the outliers, but a campaign emphasizing this aspect of health care might bring about a change in our attitude.
This is where YOU come in! Investigate these organizations, then decide how (not whether!) you want to join in. ALSO:
A very good resource for information about health care reform in the US is the Kaiser Family Foundation website, especially the primer, "Health Reform Hits Wall Street," at http://healthreform.kff.org/Expanded Version of Follow-Up : HERE

Friday, May 11, 2012, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFILM: “CALL OF LIFE"
FACING MASS EXTINCTION
(80 min, Monte Thompson, 2010)WITH:
CONNIE SIDLES FROM THE SEATTLE AUDUBON SOCIETY, TRANSITION SEATTLE, SUSTAINABLE WALLINGFORD, AND OTHERS
TRANSITION FRIDAY! An Evening Focused on Community & Positive Solutions at the Local Level. All over the world species are becoming extinct at an astonishing rate, from to 10,000 times faster than normal. The loss of biodiversity has become so severe that scientists are calling it a mass extinction event.
CALL OF LIFE - FACING MASS EXTINCTION is the first feature documentary to investigate the growing threat to Earth’s life support systems from this unprecedented loss of biodiversity. Through interviews with leading scientists, psychologists, anthropologists, philosophers, and indigenous and religious leaders, the film explores the causes, the scope, and the potential effects of the mass extinction, but also looks beyond the immediate causes of the crisis to consider how our cultural and economic systems, along with deep-seated psychological and behavioral patterns, have allowed this situation to develop, continue to reinforce it, and even determine our response to it.
CALL OF LIFE tells the story of a crisis not only in nature, but also in human nature, a crisis more threatening than anything human beings have ever faced before.Please join us for a facilitated discussion following the film Connie Sidles from the Seattle Audubon Society.
CONNIE SIDLES is a board member of the Seattle Audubon Society, and has done extensive work on documenting the biodiversity of Seattle's Montlake Fill, also know as the Union Bay Natural Area, adjacent to the University of Washington.
Connie is the author of the books SECOND NATURE, which explores the wilds of the Montlake Fill, and IN MY NATURE, exploring the relationship between wild nature and human nature. Additionally she has written 550 feature articles in 65 different publications. She is a master birder with more than 600 North American birds on her life list.
More on Connie, her books and blog at: www.constancesidles.com.
More info on the Seattle Audubon Society: www.seattleaudubon.org.
For the Trailer and more info on the film, go to: http://calloflife.org/(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, May 4, 2012, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFILM: “MICHAEL HARRINGTON AND TODAY'S OTHER AMERICA" (84 min, Bill Donovan, 2001)Michael Harrington’s book ‘The Other America’, a groundbreaking study of poverty in America, was published in 1962. Read by President John F. Kennedy, it was probably the driving force behind the "war on poverty." The Boston Globe editorialized that Medicaid, Medicare, food stamps and expanded social security benefits were traceable to Harrington’s ideas. Harrington became the pre-eminent spokesman for socialism in America.
This film captures the essence of Harrington’s ideas through the use of archival footage and interviews with people who knew and worked with him, as well as those who were in total disagreement. Over thirty interviews are filmed with people as diverse as John Kenneth Galbraith, Gloria Steinem, William F. Buckley and Charles Murray. We also hear from ordinary people who are the victims of what Harrington called "the new American poverty”. The documentary includes a brief history of socialism in America, and raises questions concerning the merits and relevance of unions today, and the problems of migrant workers, farmers, inner cities and our health care system.
For an interesting article on Michele Harrington, click HERE. Download the flyer HERE. Please help us get the word out! (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, April 27, 2012, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFILM: “LOCKED OUT" (60 min, Joan Sekler, 2010) WITH LYNNE DODSON FROM THE WASHINGTON STATE LABOR COUNCILAND THE SEATTLE LABOR CHORUS!In the wind-swept sands of California's Mojave desert sits a small town called Boron, population 2000. It is home to one of the largest borates mines in the world, where close to 600 workers blast, dig, process and transport the refined mineral to a thousand manufacturers around the world. Borates are essential ingredients for life on our planet. Generations of workers have worked in the mine, and over the years have won good wages and benefits through their union, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU). As part of the middle class in America, they have been able to buy their own homes, send their children to college, and retire with a good pension.
But in the fall of 2009, the owners of this mine, the Rio Tinto Group, a British-Australian multinational company, decided to drastically cut the workers' benefits when their union contract expired. As the third largest mining company around the world, their net earnings in 2009 were almost $5 billion dollars on revenues of $44 billion dollars, and this was earned through the abusive tactics they have used against miners and their communities---from human right abuses to environmental destruction.
This documentary tells the David and Goliath story of how the workers faced financial hardships but stood strong during the 107 day lockout and beat back a multinational corporation. It further reveals Rio Tinto's egregious practices in the U.S. and around the globe--from Michigan to Australia to Bougainville.Download the flyer HERE. Please help us get the word out!
Go to: www.seattlelaborchorus.org, for info on future performances of the Seattle Labor Chorus. (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, April 20, 2012, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFILM: “NOT IN OUR TOWN: LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS" (60 min, Patrice O'Neill, 2011) WITH DAVID AYALA-ZAMORA,
ORGANIZING DIRECTOR
FOR "ONE AMERICA"Light in the Darkness is a one-hour documentary about a town coming together to take action after anti-immigrant violence devastates the community. In 2008, a series of attacks against Latino residents of Patchogue, New York culminate with the murder of Marcelo Lucero, an Ecuadorian immigrant who had lived in the Long Island village for 13 years.
Over a two-year period, the story follows Mayor Paul Pontieri, the victim's brother Joselo Lucero, and Patchogue residents as they address the root causes of the violence, heal divisions, and take steps to ensure that everyone in their village will be safe and respected.
See the Trailer HEREFor more information on One America, go to:www.weareoneamerica.org(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, April 13, 2012, 6:30 to 9:30 PM(Short Films at 6:30)FILM: “IN TRANSITION 2.0" - THE STORY OF HOPE AND RESILIENCE IN EXTRAORDINARY TIMES (Emma Goude, 2012) MARKING 2 YEARS OF TRANSITION FRIDAYS!! …An evening focused on resilient community and positive solutions at a local level! - every 2nd Friday of the month.…WITH LEO BRODIE FROM TRANSITION SEATTLE,
CATHY TUTTLE FROM SUSTAINABLE WALLINGFORD,
AND MEMBERS FROM SUSTAINABLE NORTHEAST SEATTLE!
The documentary film, “In Transition 2.0” is an inspirational immersion in the Transition movement, catapulting beyond the 2009 release of “In Transition 1.0”, gathering stories from around the world of ordinary people doing extraordinary things. The film shows communities in various stages of transitioning, printing their own money, growing food, localizing their economies and setting up community power stations. It's an idea that has gone viral, a social experiment that is about responding to uncertain times with solutions and optimism. In a world of increasing uncertainty, here is a story of hope, ingenuity and the power of growing vegetables in unexpected places.
For the trailer: www.intransitionmovie.com/
For more on Transition Seattle: www.transitionseattle.com
For more on Sustainable Wallingford: http://greenwallingford.ning.com/For more on Sustainable NE Seattle: http://sustainableneseattle.ning.com/

ALSO a special preview of an incredible new film on cooperatives and employee-owned business (to be released soon): “SHIFT CHANGE: PUTTING DEMOCRACY TO WORK”, by local filmmakers MELISSA YOUNG & MARK DWORKIN (with the filmmakers!)
We’ll have a preview of this terrific new film (to be released in July), and we’ll have the filmmakers present.
At a time when many are disillusioned with big banks and big business, and growing inequity in our country, employee ownership offers a real solution for workers and communities. SHIFT CHANGE highlights worker-owned enterprises in North America and in Mondragon, Spain. The film couldn’t be more timely, as 2012 has been declared by the U.N. as the “International Year of the Cooperative.”
For more on Shift Change, go to: http://shiftchange.org/.
For more on other films by Melissa Young, Mark Dworkin and Moving Images, go to: http://movingimages.org/(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, April 6, 2012, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFILM: “PAX AMERICANA” (85 min, Denis Delestrac, 2009)
STAR WARS IS NO LONGER SCIENCE FICTIONThe prospect of Earth being ruled from space is no longer science-fiction. The dream of the original Dr. Strangelove, Wernher von Braun (from Nazi rocket-scientist to NASA director) has survived every US administration since WW2 and is coming to life. Today the technology exists to weaponize space, a massive American industry thrives, and nations are maneuvering for advantage.
PAX AMERICANA tackles this pivotal moment. Are war machines already orbiting Earth? Can treaties keep space weapons-free? Must the World capitulate to one super-cop on the global beat? With startling archival footage and unprecedented access to US Air Force Space Command, this elegant, forceful documentary reveals the state of play through generals, space-policy analysts, politicians, diplomats, peace activists, and hawks.
Download the flyer HERE. Please help us get the word out!
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, March 30, 2012, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFILM: AN EVENING ON SOCIAL JUSTICE TRAVEL! ...TRAVEL WITH MEANING! Films on US, CUBA, GUATEMALA, VENEZUELA, COLUMBIA, AND MORE,
INCLUDING THE FILM “SOMOS UNA AMERICA” (“WE ARE ONE AMERICA”)
With:AMY TRUAX & COLETTE COSNER - with Witness For Peace Northwest (WFPNW)
CINDY DOMINGO - with US Women and Cuba Collaboration
The NOVA High School Guatemala Social Justice Travel Program
KATE SPELTZ - with School of the Americas Watch (SOAW)
And Others.
Join us for this fascinating and enlightening evening on social justice travel experiences and opportunities. We'll take a look at a number of great social justice travel programs, and explore the impact that travel abroad can make in building a more just & peaceful world. Learn how you can participate and make a difference.Witness For Peace Northwest supports peace, justice and sustainable economies in the Americas by promoting change in governmental policies and corporate practices that contribute to poverty and oppression in Latin America. More info at: http://www.witnessforpeace.org/section.php?id=24 and http://on.fb.me/GRwAbiUS Women & Cuba Collaboration is an association of women and organizations working in coalition with women in Cuba to build bridges within and between our nations that foster inclusive and progressive women's movements and networks for justice, real security and women's rights. More info: http://womenandcuba.org/ and http://www.facebook.com/womenandcubaThe NOVA High School SJ Travel Program creates opportunities for young people to learn firsthand about the desperate conditions of the world’s majority and provides the framework to involve our youth in working together to change these unfair conditions. NOVA PTSA has sponsored five trips to Guatemala and East Timor. More info: http://www.facebook.com/NovaGuatemalaProgramSchool of the Americas Watch movement is a large, diverse, grassroots movement rooted in solidarity with the people of Latin America. The goal of SOA Watch is to close the SOA and to change U.S. foreign policy in Latin America by educating the public, lobbying Congress and participating in creative, nonviolent resistance. More info: http://soaw.org/about-us
This is a great opportunity to get a sampling of social justice travel opportunities available to you. Check it out. Get involved. (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, March 23, 2012, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFILM: “OUT ON A LIMB” (102 min, Kevin Heutink, 2011) Join us following the film for a panel discussion with KEVIN HEUTINK, The Filmmaker
ALISON EISINGER, Executive Director of the Seattle King County Coalition on Homelessness, and
RICH GAMBLE of Faithful Action In Transforming Homelessness
This documentary is about David ‘Squirrelman’ Csaky, who received international attention and became the face of homelessness when Seattle officials evicted him from his elaborate treehouse on Eastlake. Shot over the course of two years, OUT ON A LIMB chronicles the construction and destruction of David’s make-shift home in the trees and follows his subsequent journey to officially and permanently rise out of homelessness once back on the ground.
Along the way we’re introduced to renowned treehouse builder and author, Peter Nelson, and Real Change newspaper vendor, James French. Together, the trios’ precarious paths weave a big picture perspective of these troubling economic times.
The Seattle/King County Coalition on Homelessness works to ensure safety, survival, housing, and justice for people who are homeless, and to end the crisis of homelessness in our region. Founded in 1979, SKCCH is oldest independent homeless coalition in the U.S. The Coalition’s broad membership includes nearly all organizations that provide survival services, shelter, support, and housing in King County. SKCCH organizes the annual One Night Count of people homeless outside each January, and conducts trainings, advocacy 101 workshops, and other educational events: a Homeless and Low Income Voter Registration Drive, a Youth Advocacy Summit, and Project Cool for Back-to-School, which supports educational success for homeless students.
For more info on Seattle King County Coalition on Homelessness, go to: www.homelessinfo.org or befriend SKCCH at www.facebook.com/SKCCH
For more info on Faithful Action In Transforming Homelessness, go to:www.faithadvocacy.org
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, March 16, 2012, 7:00 to 9:30 PM FILM: “INTO THE CURRENT: BURMA’S POLITICAL PRISONERS” (76 min, Jeanne Hallacy , 2011 ) JOIN US FOLLOWING THE FILM FOR A PANEL DISCUSSION WITH: - BO KYI, Renowned Burmese Human Rights Advocate and Former Political Prisoner, - SAN SAN MAW, Former Political Prisoner from Burma, ...
and
- the filmmaker, Jeanne Hallacy
Despite recent news of the release of hundreds of political prisoners in Burma, hundreds more remain behind bars where they have suffered brutal interrogations and torture, including years of solitary confinement. And those who have been released remain vulnerable to being imprisoned again – until Burma’s government adopts new laws to protect the inalienable rights of its citizens."INTO THE CURRENT" honors Burma's unsung heroes - its prisoners of conscience - and the price they pay for speaking truth to power in a military dictatorship. The film illustrates the irrepressible vision of current and recently released political prisoners at a time when Burma has just begun to step toward democratic reform.BO KYI: Recipient of numerous human rights awards, Bo Kyi, after seven years in prison and fleeing across the Thai-Burma border, co-founded the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners – Burma, which advocates for the welfare of political prisoners and their families in Burma. In the film, Bo Kyi’s story is featured alongside those of other former and current political prisoners.SAN SAN MAW: A Burmese Nun, San San Maw was imprisoned twice for challenging Burma’s military regime. Each time she was released she spoke out again. To avoid being arrested a third time, she fled to Thailand. In 2008, she was sentenced in absentia to 45 years in prison just before resettling in the US. Please don’t miss the opportunity to join us following the film for a discussion with BO KYI, SAN SAN MAW and fillmaker Jeanne Hallacy.
This is one of only a handful of stops Bo Kyi will make on his US Tour. More on the film and a trailer: http://www.intothecurrent.org/Download the flyers: Color or B&W ...Please help us get the word out! (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, March 9, 2012, 6:30 to 9:30 PM TRANSITION FRIDAY! An Evening Focused on Community & Positive Solutions at the Local Level. FILM: "CLIMATE REFUGEES"(95 min, Michael P. Nash, 2010)And Short Films starting at 6:30 (Main Feature at 7) JOIN US FOLLOWING THE FILM FOR A FACILITATED DISCUSSION WITH: SANDY CIOFFI, Filmmaker of "Sweet Crude" SUSTAINABLE WALLINGFORD
TRANSITION SEATTLE, and others.
There is a new phenomenon in the global arena called “Climate Refugees”. A climate refugee is a person displaced by climatically induced environmental disasters. Such disasters result from incremental and rapid ecological change, resulting in increased droughts, desertification, sea level rise, and the more frequent occurrence of extreme weather events such as hurricanes, cyclones, fires, mass flooding and tornadoes. All this is causing mass global migration and border conflicts. For the first time, the Pentagon now considers climate change a national security risk and the term climate wars is being talked about in war-room like environments in Washington D.C.
We will discuss how our community can join in both current & future efforts in making positive impacts.
We'll also have a few short films on climate change and related topics and local sustainable construction organizations, Sustainable Works and Green Canopy.
Join us for a facilitated discussion follwing the film with Sandi Cioffi, who brought us her very well received film "Sweet Crude" to Meaningful Movies last season.
For more information and the trailer: http://www.climaterefugees.com/.
Also see their "Take Action" section. (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, March 2, 2012, 7:00 to 9:30 PM** FILM: "YERT... YOUR ENVIRONMENTAL ROAD TRIP" (113 min, Mark Dixon & Ben Evans, 2011)JOIN US AFTER THE SCREENING FOR A FACILITATED DISCUSSION WITH:
- MARK DIXON, Filmmaker/Producer of the film
- MICHAEL MAINE, With the Bainbridge Graduate Institute,
- SUSAN GLEASON, With YES! MAGAZINE, and others!YERT: 50 States, ...1 Year, ...Zero Garbage?
With video camera in hand & tongue in cheek, and called to action by a planet in peril, three friends hit the road -traveling with hope, humor, and all of their garbage -to explore every state in America (the good, the bad...and the weird) in search of the extraordinary innovators and citizens who are tackling humanity's greatest environmental crises. Americans want to do the right thing -they just don't want to look strange doing it!
As the YERT team layers outlandish eco-challenges onto their yearlong quest, an unexpected turn of events pushes them to the brink in this award-winning docu-comedy. The film features Bill McKibben, Wes Jackson, Will Allen, Janine Benyus, Joel Salatin, David Orr, and others. "The Fellini trio of the climate justice movement, the YERT film crew has managed to pull off the impossible in the world of cinema--a deeply absorbing and often hilarious road trip that confronts the badlands of our nation's spiraling descent into dirty energy darkness, only to emerge along the solar roadways and wind-swept plains into the myriad possibilities for new power and sustainable living. By the dramatic end of Your Environmental Road Trip, audiences will not only cheer, but feel compelled to spring to their feet to join an inspiring movement for change. If only our nation's policymakers will watch this important film and do the same." - Jeff Biggers, author, Huffington Post
For trailer and much more, go to: www.yert.comDownload the flyer COLOR or B&W(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

**BTW, if you're on Bainbridge or you can't make our Friday's screening, there's also a screening of YERT, with filmmaker Mark Dixon, on Thursday March 1st, 7:00 PM, at the Historic Lynnwood Theater, 4569 Lynwood Center Road Northeast, Bainbridge Isle, WA 98110 - Sponsored by "Matinees That Matter" and the Bainbridge Graduate Institute!

Friday, February 24, 2012, 7:00 to 9:30 PM FILM: “HOW TO DIE IN OREGON”
(107 min, Peter Richardson , 2011 ) Would you Want the Right To Choose When It's Your Time?JOIN US FOLLOWING THE FILM FOR A FACILITATED DISCUSSION WITH:
- NANCY NIEDZIELSKI, whose personal story is in the film;
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ROBB MILLER , Executive Director Of Compassion & Choices Of Washington;
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KIRK ROBINSON, Past National President of Compassion in Dying and long-time organizer, and others.
In 1994, Oregon became the first state to legalize physician aid in dying. As a result, any mentally competent adult whom two physicians diagnose as having less than six months to live can lawfully request life-ending medication. Since 1994, more than 500 Oregonians have taken their mortality into their own hands.
In HOW TO DIE IN OREGON, filmmaker Peter Richardson gently enters the lives of the terminally ill as they consider whether – and when – to end their lives with medication. Richardson examines both sides of this complex, emotionally charged issue. What emerges is a life-affirming, staggeringly powerful portrait of what it means to die with dignity.
See the trailer: http://www.howtodieinoregon.com/trailer.html
WA Dept. of Health's Death With Dignity Act: http://www.doh.wa.gov/dwda/(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, February 17, 2012, 7:00 to 9:30 PM FILM: “HOT COFFEE” ...IS JUSTICE BEING SERVED?
(88 min, Susan Saladoff, 2011 ) With members from the Washington Association for Justice
Most people think they know the “McDonald’s coffee case,” but what they don’t know is that corporations have spent millions distorting the case to promote tort reform. HOT COFFEE reveals how big business, aided by the media, brewed a dangerous concoction of manipulation and lies to protect corporate interests.
By following four people whose lives were devastated by the attacks on our courts, the film challenges the assumptions Americans hold about “jackpot justice.” It is directed by Susan Saladoff who was a medical malpractice attorney of 26 years.
The film premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival on January 24, 2011. The title is derived from the Liebeck v. McDonald’s Restaurants lawsuit in which the plaintiff Liebeck was severely burned by hot coffee purchased from a McDonald’s.Join us following the film for a facilitated discussion with members from Washington Association for Justice.
See the trailer: http://www.hotcoffeethemovie.com/(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, February 10, 2012, 6:30 to 9:30 PM FILM: “REVENGE OF THE ELECTRIC CAR” (Film: 90 min, Chris Paine , 2011) And our SHORT FILM, starting at 6:30 is: An Interview of Director Chris Paine, on the original film, “Who Killed the Electric Car”.
TRANSITION FRIDAY! An Evening Focused on Resilient Community & Positive Solutions at the Local Level. ...AND, OUR 9th ANNIVERSARY!!JOIN US FOLLOWING THE FILM FOR A FACILITATED DISCUSSION WITH:
- SANDRA PINTO DE BADER:Environmental Sustainability Coordinator for the Seattle Office of Sustainability and Environment
- RICH FELDMAN: With ECOtality North America, working on Smart Grid Technology
- THE SEATTLE ELECTRIC VEHICLE ASSOCIATION (SEVA)
- DAN LANGDON: With Seattle City Light
- CATHY TUTTLE: With Sustainable Wallingford, and
- LEO BRODIE: With Transition Seattle
B
y 2006, thousands of new electric cars were purposely destroyed by the same car companies that built them. Today, less than 5 years later, the electric car is back... with a vengeance.
In Revenge of the Electric Car, director Chris Paine takes his film crew behind the closed doors of Nissan, GM, and the Silicon Valley start-up Tesla Motors to chronicle the story of the global resurgence of electric cars. Without using a single drop of foreign oil, this new generation of car is America’s future: fast, furious, and cleaner than ever.
With almost every major car maker now jumping to produce new electric models, Revenge follows the race to be the first, the best, and to win the hearts and minds of the public around the world. It’s not just the next generation of green cars that’s on the line. It’s the future of the automobile itself.
Revenge of the Electric Car is narrated by Tim Robbins. The primary cast includes CEO and President of Renault and Nissan Carlos Ghosn, CEO of Tesla Motors Elon Musk, Former Vice Chairman of GM Bob Lutz and EV do-it-yourselfer Greg “Gadget” Abbott.
See the trailer here: www.revengeoftheelectriccar.com
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

We'll also have an all electric Nissan Leaf on display, courtesy of Seattle City Light! - Come early!

Friday, February 3, 2012, 7:00 to 9:30 PM FILM: "2012 TIME FOR CHANGE"
(Film: 85 min, Joao G. Amorim , 2010 ) Conscious evolution to practical solutions
2012 TIME FOR CHANGE is an optimistic alternative to apocalyptic doom and gloom. The film follows journalist Daniel Pinchbeck, author of the bestselling 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl, on a quest for a new paradigm that integrates the archaic wisdom of tribal cultures with the scientific method.
As conscious agents of evolution, we can redesign post-industrial society on ecological principles to make a world that works for all. Rather than breakdown and barbarism, 2012 heralds the birth of a regenerative planetary culture where collaboration replaces competition, where exploration of psyche and spirit becomes the new cutting edge, replacing the sterile materialism that has pushed our world to the brink.
Join us following the film for a facilitated discussion. Every day, the world over, large amounts of high-level radioactive waste created by nuclear power plants is placed in interim storage, which is vulnerable to natural disasters, man-made disasters, and to societal changes. In Finland the world’s first permanent repository is being hewn out of solid rock - a huge system of underground tunnels - that must last 100,000 years as this is how long the waste remains hazardous.
Once the waste has been deposited and the repository is full, the facility is to be sealed off and never opened again. Or so we hope, but can we ensure that?
Captivating, wondrous and extremely frightening, this feature documentary takes viewers on a journey never seen before into the underworld and into the future.
For the trailer and more information, go to:http://www.2012timeforchange.com/
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, January 27, 2012, 7:00 to 9:30 PM FILM: "INTO ETERNITY"(75 min, Michael Madsen, 2010) WITH TOM CARPENTER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF HANFORD CHALLENGEEvery day, the world over, large amounts of high-level radioactive waste created by nuclear power plants is placed in interim storage, which is vulnerable to natural disasters, man-made disasters, and to societal changes. In Finland the world’s first permanent repository is being hewn out of solid rock - a huge system of underground tunnels - that must last 100,000 years as this is how long the waste remains hazardous.
Once the waste has been deposited and the repository is full, the facility is to be sealed off and never opened again. Or so we hope, but can we ensure that?
Captivating, wondrous and extremely frightening, this feature documentary takes viewers on a journey never seen before into the underworld and into the future.
Join us following the film in a community conversation with our special guest Tom Carpenter, Executive Director of Hanford Challenge, the organization which "envisions a cleanup driven by scientific fact and public involvement - not money and politics."
Tom Carpenter brings decades of experience in organizing, litigating, and policy oversight in the nuclear field, much of it devoted to Hanford. Tom has visited dozens of nuclear sites in the U.S. and Russia. He has hosted international conferences on protecting nuclear whistleblowers, examining the legacy of highly-contaminated nuclear facilities, and focusing on the Hanford Nuclear Site in southeastern Washington State.
For more information on the Hanford Challenge, go to:http://www.hanfordchallenge.org/ Download the Flyer HERE. - Please help us get the word out! Thanks!
For the trailer and more information, go to:http://www.intoeternitythemovie.com/(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, January 20, 2012, 7:00 to 9:30 PM FILM: “REPUBLIC LOST” - LAWERENCE LESSIG TALK AT TOWN HALL (Ed Mays, 2011)WITH GUEST CRAIG SALINS FROM WASHINGTON PUBLIC CAMPAIGNS
A Town Hall Talk by Lawrence Lessig, The root problem for our democracy: Special interest money has destroyed all trust in our republic.
Lessig addresses the role and corrupting influence of money on the United State's representative democracy, and proposes a radical solution to money in politics: a state-driven U.S. constitutional amendment to make all public elections exclusively publicly funded. Lessig is the author of the book “Republic, Lost”, among others. Join us for a facilitated discussion after the movie with guest Craig Salins from Washington Public Campaigns.
Download the flyer HERE.
Special thanks to Ed Mays of Pirate TV!
More info at: www.edmaysproductions.net. (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

We are also exceptionally pleased to be able to start the evening with a poem entitled "I AM", read by its author, MARY KELLY GREENE. I AM is an engaging non-fiction film posing two practical and provocative questions: What’s wrong with our world? And what can we do to make it better?
Director Tom Shadyac (‘Ace Ventura’, ‘Bruce Almighty’) in contrast to his other films, set out on a twenty-first century quest for enlightenment, meeting with a remarkable variety of men and women from the worlds of science, philosophy, academia, and faith – including such luminaries as David Suzuki, Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and others.
I AM takes the audience to places it has never been before, and presents even familiar phenomena in completely new and different ways: The heart, not the brain, may be man’s primary organ of intelligence, and human consciousness and emotions can actually affect the physical world. Contrary to conventional thinking, cooperation and not competition may be nature’s most fundamental operating principle.
Here consensus decision-making is shown as the norm amongst many species, from insects and birds to deer and primates, and that humans actually function better and remain healthier when expressing positive emotions, such as love, care, compassion, and gratitude, versus their negative counterparts, anxiety, frustration, anger and fear.
I AM isn’t as much about what you can do, as who you can be. And from that transformation of being, action will naturally follow.
The message is as simple as it is significant: "We are all connected – connected to each other and to everything around us."Please join us following the film for a facilitated community discussion with our guests.
Download the Flyer HERE.
See the trailer at: iamthedoc.com.
Check out Warren Ethredge's HighBar interview with director, Tom Shadyac: HERE(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, January 6, 2012, 7:00 to 9:30 PM FILM: “CULTURES OF RESISTANCE”(Iara Lee, 2011)WITH GUEST PETER LIPPMAN
About the film...Worldwide, people from all walks of life are finding creative ways to oppose war and promote peace, justice, and sustainability. Culture—including film, music, and food—is fertile terrain for this struggle. Education that nourishes a critical mind and fortifies the soul is just as essential.
With this in mind, director Iara Lee embarked on a journey to better understand a world increasingly embroiled in conflict and, as she saw it, heading for self-destruction.After several years, traveling over five continents, Iara encountered growing numbers of people who committed their lives to promoting change.
Our documentary this Friday, CULTURES OF RESISTANCE, explores how art and creativity can be ammunition in the battle for peace and justice.
About our guest...Peter Lippman is a native of Seattle, is a life-long human rights activist. He has participated in grassroots human rights campaigns at home and in the Middle East, Latin America, and Southeast Europe. He has also been involved in extensive ethnographic pursuits and pays attention to cultural resistance wherever he goes ---Our apologies, Ramzy Baroud, previously scheduled, will be unable to attend.
Please join us following the film for a facilitated discussion.
The website, CulturesOfResistance.org, exists as an outreach site through which people inspired by the film can find ways to get involved around peace and global justice issues.
Trailer and more info: http://films.culturesofresistance.org/
Flyer available HERE. Please help us get the word out! (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, December 30, 2011NO FILM THIS EVENING
We'll be back on January 6th!

Friday, December 23, 2011NO FILM THIS EVENING
We'll be back on January 6th!

Friday, December 16, 2011, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFILM: “IF A TREE FALLS:
THE STORY OF THE EARTH LIBERATION FRONT” (85 min, Marshall Curry, 2011)
In December 2005, Daniel McGowan was arrested by Federal agents in a nationwide sweep of radical environmentalists involved with the Earth Liberation Front-- a group the FBI has called America's "number one domestic terrorism threat."
For years, the ELF—operating in separate anonymous cells without any central leadership—had launched spectacular arsons against dozens of businesses they accused of destroying the environment: timber companies, SUV dealerships, wild horse slaughterhouses, and a $12 million ski lodge at Vail, Colorado. With the arrest of Daniel and thirteen others, the government had cracked what was probably the largest ELF cell in America and brought down the group responsible for the very first ELF arsons in this country.
IF A TREE FALLS tells the remarkable story of the rise and fall of this ELF cell, by focusing on the transformation and radicalization of one of its members.
Trailer: http://www.ifatreefallsfilm.com/film.html
Screened in in collaboration with the award-winning series POV,(www.pbs.org/pov)
Download the flyer HERE. Please help us get the word out.
Followed by a facilitated discussion.
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ..but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, December 9, 2011, 6:30 to 9:30 PMFilm: A SELECTION OF FILM EXCERPTS ON “DIRECT DEMOCRACY” - With a focus on
Occupy Seattle. …How Do We Best Connect The Occupy Movement With the Neighborhoods? "Transition Friday" : Positive Solutions At a Local Level The state of the economy, the enormous disparity in wealth and opportunity we experience in this country and rest of the world,
and the lack of a government truly responsive to the majority of its citizens are of devastating impact to us individually and as a
nation. The Occupy Movement seeks a major transformation to a participatory democracy in the economy as well as in the
government that will serve us all.
Tremendously important information is being discussed and developed and there needs to be a way
that this can be shared with everyone. But the opportunities to participate in and support this movement are limited to the time and energy individuals struggle
to make available.
This evening, we’ll hear about the Occupy Seattle Movement directly from participants, discuss why it’s important to all of us,
and explore effective ways we can empower our communities in actively becoming part of this movement.Facilitated discussion follows with participants from Occupy Seattle, Sustainable Wallingford and Transition Seattle.
More information on Occupy Seattle: http://occupyseattle.org/
Info on Occupy Wall Street: http://occupywallst.org/
Info on Transition Seattle: http://transitionseattle.com/
Info on Sustainable Wallingford: http://greenwallingford.ning.com/(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, December 2, 2011, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFilm:"PLAY AGAIN" (80 min, Tonje Hessen Schei, 2010) WITH GREG LEMIEUX FROM GROUND PRODUCTIONS, THE FILMMAKEROne generation from now most people in the U.S. will have spent more time in the virtual world than in nature. New media technologies have improved our lives in countless ways. Information now appears with a click. Overseas friends are part of our daily lives. And even grandma loves Wii.
But what are we missing when we are behind screens? And how will this impact our children, our society, and eventually, our planet? At a time when children play more behind screens than outside, PLAY AGAIN explores the changing balance between the virtual and natural worlds. Is our connection to nature disappearing down the digital rabbit hole?
This moving and humorous documentary follows six teenagers who, like the “average American child,” spend five to fifteen hours a day behind screens. PLAY AGAIN unplugs these teens and takes them on their first wilderness adventure – no electricity, no cell phone coverage, no virtual reality.
Through the voices of children and leading experts including journalist Richard Louv, sociologist Juliet Schor, environmental writer Bill McKibben, educators Diane Levin and Nancy Carlsson-Paige, neuroscientist Gary Small, parks advocate Charles Jordan, and geneticist David Suzuki, PLAY AGAIN investigates the consequences of a childhood removed from nature and encourages action for a sustainable future.
As we stand at a turning point in our relationship with earth, we find ourselves immersed in the gray area between the natural and virtual worlds. From a global perspective of wonder and hope, PLAY AGAIN examines this unique point in history.Join us for this incredible film, followed by a community discussion with the filmmaker. See the trailer and great resources at:http://playagainfilm.com/.
Please help us get the word out! Download the Flyer HERE. Thanks! (Event is FREE and open to the public! ..but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, November 25, 2011, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFilm:“MOTORCYCLE DIARIES”(126 min, Walter Salles, 2004)Beautifully filmed adaptation of Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara's journals of the same name, as 23-year-old medical student Guevara travels across the South American continent in pre-revolutionary 1951 and 1952. Guevara travels with his friend Alberto Granado, a biochemist, on an ailing 500cc Norton motorcycle, which they name ‘La Poderosa’ (The Powerful One). Che and Alberto set off from Argentina and cross into Chile and Peru in order to take up their medical residency at a leper colony. Along the way, and especially at the colony, Che and Alberto are exposed to the plight of the poor, vulnerable and suffering.
This proves to be formative for Che Guevara, already a young radical. When Che bids farewell to the leper colony, he says: “This journey has only confirmed this belief, that the division of America into unstable and illusory nations is a complete fiction. We are one single mestizo race from Mexico to the Magellan Straits. And so, in an attempt to free ourselves from narrow-minded provincialism, I propose a toast to Peru and to a united America.”See the Trailer HERE.
Download the Flyer HERE!(Event is FREE and open to the public! ..but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, November 18, 2011, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFilm:“BETTER THIS WORLD”
...The Fight to
Maintain Civil
Liberties
(98 min, Kelly Duane, Katie Galloway, 2011)With Panel Discussion:
ACLU and our Vanishing Civil Liberties
The story of Bradley Crowder and David McKay, who were accused of intending to firebomb
the 2008 Republican National Convention, is a dramatic tale of idealism, loyalty,
crime and betrayal. BETTER THIS WORLD follows the radicalization of these boyhood
friends from Midland, Texas, under the tutelage of revolutionary activist Brandon Darby.
The results: eight homemade bombs, multiple domestic terrorism charges and a highstakes
entrapment defense hinging on the actions of a controversial FBI informant.
BETTER THIS WORLD goes to the heart of the War on Terror and its impact on civil liberties and political dissent in post-9/11 America.
Facilitated discussion follows the film. Join us following the film for a facilitated community discussion.See the Trailer HERE.
Download the Flyer HERE!
Screened in in collaboration with the award-winning series POV. (www.pbs.org/pov) MORE INFO:
Discussion Guide:http://www.pbs.org/pov/film-files/dg_-_better_this_world_action_discussion_file_0.pdf
Multi-Media Resource List:http://www.pbs.org/pov/film-files/dd_better_this_world_reading_list_0.pdf
Lesson Plan:http://www.pbs.org/pov/betterthisworld/lesson_plan.php
Step-By-Step Guide to Hosting Screening:http://www.pbs.org/pov/pdf/Step-By-Step.pdf(Event is FREE and open to the public! ..but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, November 11, 2011, 6:30 to 9:30 PMFilm:“THE MONEY FIX” (80 min, Alan Rosenblith, 2008)Transition Friday!...An evening focused on positive solutions at a local level! Every 2nd Friday of the month. (Note Early Start Time)WITH:
FOURTH CORNER EXCHANGE
SUSTAINABLE NORTHEAST SEATTLE
SUSTAINABLE WALLINGFORD
TRANSITION SEATTLE...and OTHERS *6:30 PM: Topical Short Films;
*7:00 PM: Main Feature Begins;
*Panel Discussion Follows the Film Have you ever wondered what money is or where it comes from? While most of us take the monetary system for granted, it has silent and profound implications for everyone. The Money Fix is a feature-length documentary comparing and contrasting community currencies with federal dollars.
It examines economic patterning in both the human and the natural worlds, and through this lens we learn how we can empower ourselves by redesigning the lifeblood of the economy at the local level. Join us in a very timely discussion on local currency, money and our economic systems, past and future! More information: www.themoneyfix.orgSee the Trailer HERE.
Download the Flyer HERE!
For more information on the Fourth Corner Exchange, go to www.fourthcornerexchange.com. For more information on Sustainable Northeast Seattle's Local Economy/Local Currency Guild, go HERE. For more information on the Transition Movement, please go to www.transitionseattle.com. For more information on Sustainable Wallingford and what’s happening locally, please go to http://greenwallingford.ning.com/.
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ..but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, November 4, 2011, 7:00 to 9:30 PMSEATTLE PREMIER!FILM: “GROUNDS FOR RESISTANCE”
(50 min, Lisa Gilman 2011)JORGE GONZALEZ: EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF COFFEE STRONG / G.I. VOICE, and REPRESENTATIVES FROM IRAQ VETERANS AGAINST THE WAR will join us this evening for conversation and a Q&A after the film.
This documentary film is about COFFEE STRONG and its importance for its most active members: active duty soldiers and their families, veterans of recent and past conflicts, and regional and national political movements. At the center of the film are the men and women whose experiences in the military and war compel them to commit themselves to help others who are serving or have served in the past. Each individual featured in the film exists within a nuanced tangle of conflicting emotions tied to pride, dedication to service, friendship, anger, disillusionment, sadness, and guilt.
The film examines each one’s stories from their decisions to join the military, their experiences of war, and their motivations for devoting themselves to Coffee Strong. It explores how their relationships with one another and their activist efforts to make a more peaceful and just world help them cope with their own experiences.
See the Trailer here: www.groundsforresistance.com. Note: The film can also be purchased at this site.
Download our flyer HERE. (...And, if you're heading south and want a great coffee, COFFEE STRONG is the place to know about! Take Exit 122 off I-5, turn right at flashing red lights, located next to Subway. Coffee Strong is at 15109 Union Ave. SW, Ste B, Lakewood, WA 98498) (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, October 28, 2011, 6:30 to 9:30 PMFILM: MOVING BEYOND THE AUTOMOBILE
...
AND ADDITIONAL SHORT FEATURES (60 min, StreetFilms, 2011)
(Short Topical Films at 6:30; Main Film Starts at 7)
FOLLOWED BY A PANEL DISCUSSION ON THE FUTURE OF ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC OPEN SPACES IN SEATTLE; AND A DISCUSSION ON SEATTLE’S UPCOMING PROPOSITION 1.

WITH:
MIKE O'BRIEN, Seattle City Council Member
LISA QUINN, Director of Feet First;
CRAIG BENJAMIN, Cascade Bicycle Club’s Policy And Government Affairs Manager;
TIM HARRIS, Executive Director Of Real Change;
CATHY TUTTLE, Spokespeople Coordinator;
REF LINDMARK, Transportation Planner with King County Metro …and others *6:30 PM: Topical Films
*7:00 PM: Main Feature Begins
*Panel Discussion Follows the Film
MOVING BEYOND THE AUTOMOBILE and the short videos we’ve assembled will explore solutions to the problem of automobile dependency. These films and this evening's discussion will help guide policy makers, advocacy organizations, teachers, students, and others into a world that values pedestrian plazas over parking lots and train tracks over highways.
...Cars were then, and this is now. Welcome to the future. Join us following the film for a panel discussion on the future of alternative transportation and public open spaces in Seattle!
Download the flyer HERE. Please help us get the word out. Thanks!
For more information on the film, go to www.streetfilms.org.(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, October 21, 2011, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFILM: "URBAN ROOTS" (93 min, Mark MacInnis, 2011)WITH THE FOOD JUSTICE GROUP, C.R.A.V.E. -
AS PART OF FOOD JUSTICE AWARENESS WEEK www.craveseattle.blogspot.com
Produced by Leila Conners (The 11th Hour) and Mathew Schmid. Directed by Detroit Native Mark MacInnis.“URBAN ROOTS is an inspiring film about the emergence of urban farming in Detroit; it shows what’s possible after the collapse of the industrial era and how we begin building a sustainable future for all.” - Leonardo DiCaprio."URBAN ROOTS is a very uplifting documentary about a much needed 'thinking outside the box' approach to helping save our city of Detroit. It shines a light on a grassroots movement that is helping to solve several major problems in our city––literally, from the ground up” - Kid Rock“I was blown away by this film!” - Thom Hartmann
This film is produced by TREE MEDIA. Mission Statement: Stories have the power to change the world: they shape our thinking, drive culture, and create our lives. Tree Media is a production company with a mission to use stories and media to help encourage an open society based on wisdom and informed, positive action.This Friday’s film is brought to you in collaboration Seattle's own local food justice group C.R.A.V.E. - Cultivating Radical Activism, Vitality, & Education. C.R.A.V.E. is a grassroots food justice movement, growing youth leadership with critical analysis, creative art, and direct action in South Seattle. This screening is part of the organizing done around the country as part of Food Justice Awareness Week. Find out more on C.R.A.V.E.'s blogspot: www.craveseattle.blogspot.com.Join us for a facilitated discussion following the film.
*Download the flyer HERE. Please help us get the word out. Thanks!
*For more information on the film, go to HERE. (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, October 14, 2011, 6:30 to 9:30 PM (note early start time) (Short Films at 6:30PM; Main Feature Starts at 7)FILM: "SWEET CRUDE" (93 min, Sandi Cioffi, 2009)Transition Friday! An evening focused on positive solutions at a local level! ...Every 2nd Friday of the month.
WITH:
- THE FILMMAKER, SANDY CIOFFI
- LEO BRODIE WITH TRANSITION SEATTLE
- CATHY TUTTLE WITH SUSTAINABLE WALLINGFORD
...AND OTHERS*6:30 PM: Topical Short Films;
*7:00 PM: Main Feature Begins;
*Community Discussion Follows the Film
Sweet Crude (93 min, Sandy Cioffi, 2009) is the story of Nigeria’s Niger Delta – the human and environmental consequences of 50 years of oil extraction and the members of a new insurgency who, in the three years after the filmmakers met them as college students, became the young men of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND). Set against a stunning backdrop of Niger Delta footage, the film shows the humanity behind the statistics and sensationalized media portrayal of the region, gives voice to a complex mix of stakeholders and invites the audience to learn the deeper story.
The issues are local and human, yet they have far-reaching political, environmental and economic implications. It’s a powder-keg situation that affects the daily lives and futures of the people who live there. Left unchecked, its consequences will be felt around the globe. Yet barely anyone outside the Delta knows what’s really happening.Following the film, please join us in a Community Discussion with filmmaker Sandy Cioffi, along with Transition Seattle, Sustainable Wallingford and others on oil, consumption and the resulting global and local impacts.
Download the flyer HERE. Please help us get the word out. Thanks!
For more information on the film, go to: www.sweetcrudemovie.com
For more information on the Transition Movement, please go to www.transitionseattle.com. For more information on Sustainable Wallingford and what’s happening locally, please go to http://greenwallingford.ning.com/. (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

POST-NOTE: For those of you who attended this with filmmaker Sandy Chioffi, you understand the value of maintaining such an incredible resource as the Film & Video Program at Seattle Central Community College where Sandy teaches, and understand that independent media is a cornerstone of any democracy.
This program is being cut from SCCC due to funding. Below is the contact information for our Board of Trustees members, as well as the President of SCCC and the Chancellor of the district. Please contact them. Thank you.

Friday, October 7, 2011, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFILM: “FORKS OVER KNIVES” (90 min, Lee Fulkerson, 2011)With:
-MARY PURDY, MS, Registered Dietitian, and Immediate Past-President of Greater Seattle Dietetics Associationwww.NourishingBalance.com,
-CINDY SORENSEN, Registered Dietitian, and Public
Relations Co-Chair of Greater Seattle Dietetics Associationwww.EatRightSeattle.org-MICHELLE BABB, MS, Registered Dietitian specializing in mind-body nutrition, weight loss and food allergies.
-KATIE McKENNA, Certified Nutritionist and Mental Health Counselor
...AND OTHERS!
What has happened to us? Despite the most advanced medical technology in the world, we are sicker than ever by nearly every measure.
Two out of every three of us are overweight. Cases of diabetes are exploding, especially amongst our younger population. About half of us are taking at least one prescription drug. Major medical operations have become routine, helping to drive health care costs to astronomical levels. Heart disease, cancer and stroke are the country’s three leading causes of death, even though billions are spent each year to "battle" these very conditions. Millions suffer from a host of other degenerative diseases.
FORKS OVER KNIVES examines the profound claim that most, if not all, of the degenerative diseases that afflict us can be controlled, or even reversed, by rejecting animal-based and processed foods.Join us after the film for a panel and in-depth discussion with Mary Purdy, Cindy Sorensen, Michelle Babb, Katie McKenna and GSDA.
Download the flyer HERE. Please help us get the word out. Thanks!
For more information on the film, go to: www.forksoverknives.com (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, September 30, 2011, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFILM: “MOTHER: CARING FOR 7 BILLION” (54 min, Christophe Fauchere, 2011)WITH REBECCA HARRINGTON, NATIONAL FIELD COORDINATOR FOR POPULATION CONNECTION
MOTHER, CARING FOR 7 BILLION, breaks a 40-year taboo by bringing to light an issue that silently fuels our largest environmental, humanitarian and social crises - population growth.
Since the 1960s the world population has nearly doubled, adding more than 3 billion people. At the same time, talking about population has become politically incorrect because of the sensitivity of the issues surrounding the topic- religion, economics, family planning and gender inequality.
The film illustrates both the over consumption and the inequity side of the population issue by following Beth, a mother, a child-rights activist and the last sibling of a large American family of twelve, as she discovers the thorny complexities of the population dilemma and highlights a different path to solve it.
MOTHER features world-renown experts and scientists including the CEO of BRAC, USA; Susan Davis; Aminata Toure, the Chief of Human Rights at the UNFPA; biologist Paul Ehrlich, author of “The Population Bomb”; economist Mathis Wackernagel, the creator of the ground-breaking Footprint Network; Malcolm Potts, a pioneer in human reproductive health and Riane Eisler, whose book “The Chalice and the Blade” has been published in 23 countries.Join us for a facilitated discussion with Rebecca
Harrington, National
Field Coordinator for
Population Connection. For more information on Population Connection, go to: www.popconnect.org
Download the flyer HERE. Please help us get the word out. Thanks! (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, September 23, 2011, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFILM: “THE BUSINESS OF BEING BORN”
(87 min, Abby Epstein, 2008)
Birth is a miracle, a rite of passage, a natural part of life. But birth is also big business.
Compelled to explore the subject after the delivery of her first child, actress Ricki Lake recruits filmmaker Abby Epstein to question the way American women have babies.
The film interlaces intimate birth stories with surprising historical, political and scientific insights and shocking statistics about the current maternity care system. When director Epstein discovers she is pregnant during the making of the film, the journey becomes even more personal.
Should most births be viewed as a natural life process, or should every delivery be treated as a potentially catastrophic medical emergency?Join us for a facilitated discussion following the film.
Download the flyer HERE. Please help us get the word out. Thanks! (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, September 16, 2011, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFILM: "THE FINLAND PHENOMENON:
INSIDE THE WORLD’S MOST SURPRISING SCHOOL SYSTEM"
(62 min, Bob Compton, 2011)
Finland’s education system has consistently ranked among the best in the world for more than a decade. The puzzle is, why Finland? Documentary filmmaker, Bob Compton, along with Harvard researcher, Dr. Tony Wagner, decided to find out. The result of their research is captured in a new film, "THE FINLAND PHENOMENON".
In the film, Dr. Wagner guides the viewer through an inside look at the world’s finest secondary education system. A life-long educator and author of the best-selling book "The Global Achievement Gap," Dr. Wagner is uniquely qualified to explore and explain Finland’s success. From within classrooms and through interviews with students, teachers, parents, administrators and government officials, Dr. Wagner reveals the surprising factors accounting for Finland’s rank as the #1 education system in the world.Join us for a facilitated discussion following the film.
Download the flyer HERE. Please help us get the word out, Thanks! (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, September 9, 2011, 6:30 to 9:30 PM (note early start)(Short Films at 6:30PM; Main Feature Starts at 7)FILM: “BAG IT" ... IS YOUR LIFE TOO PLASTIC?(74 min, Suzan Beraza, 2010)...and a selection of Short Films at 6:30!Transition Friday! An evening focused on positive solutions at a local level! (Note Early Start Time)GUESTS:MICHAEL O'BRIEN, Seattle City Councilmember
DICK LILLY, with Seattle Public UtilitiesDIANA CRANE, Director of Sustainability with PCC
TRUDY BIALIC, Director of Public Affairs with PCC
JILL MACINTYRE WITT, with Bag It Bellingham
HEATHER TRIM, with Zero Waste Seattle
LEO BRODIE, with Transition Seattle
CATHY TUTTLE, with Sustainable WallingfordBAG IT is a film that examines our society's use and abuse of plastic.
The film focuses on plastic as it relates to our society's "throw away" mentality, our culture of convenience, our over consumption of unnecessary, disposable products and packaging -- things that we use one time and then, without another thought, throw them away. Where is away? Away is over-flowing landfills, clogged rivers, islands of trash in our oceans, and even our very own toxic bodies.
The main character in the film travels the globe on a fact-finding mission -- not realizing that after his simple resolution, plastic will never look the same way again. Join us following the film for a community conversation with our guests.
Learn how you can get involved in the citywide/statewide movement to ban disposable plastic bags. For additional information, go to www.environmentwashington.org. Download the flyer for the film HERE. Help us get the word out. Thanks!

For more information on the Transition Movement, please go to www.transitionseattle.com. For more information on Sustainable Wallingford and what’s happening locally, please go to http://greenwallingford.ning.com/. (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, September 2, 2011, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFilm: “A SEA CHANGE” ...Imagine a world without fishAlso the Short Film: "SALISH SEA LIFE ON THE ROCKS" by Mike Meagher.With JASON MILLER, Fishery Biologist with the Conservation Biology Division of NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center.(83 min, Barbara Ettinger, 2009) It’s a frightening premise, and it’s happening right now. A Sea Change follows the journey of retired history teacher Sven Huseby on his quest to discover what is happening to the world’s oceans. He discovers that global warming is only half the story of the environmental catastrophe that awaits us. Excess carbon dioxide is dissolving in our oceans, changing sea water chemistry. The more acidic water makes it difficult for tiny creatures at the bottom of the food web to form their shells. The effects could work their way up to the fish 1 billion people depend upon for their source of protein.
Join us following the film for a community conversation with Jason Miller with NOAA.
Download the flyer HERE. Please help us get the word out, Thanks! (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, AUGUST 5th THRU AUGUST 26th, 2011
NO FILMS ...WE'RE OFF FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST FOR A LITTLE ORGANIZATIONAL RECUPERATION TIME.
PLEASE JOIN US AGAIN ON SEPT 2nd FOR A NEW SEASON OF GREAT MEANINGFUL MOVIES!

...SOCIAL JUSTICE DOCUMENTARY FILMS & COMMUNITY DISCUSSION,
...EVERY FRIDAY EVENING(except for the month of August )(Events are FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted)

Friday, July 22, 2011, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFilm: "BANANAS*!" (87 min, Fredrik Gertten, 2011)...THE FILM DOLE FOOD COMPANY DOESN'T WANT YOU TO SEE!WITH CALUDIA NAVAS AND COLETTE COSNER FROM WITNESS FOR PEACE, and CAMERON HERRINGTON OF SEATTLE CISPES.BANANAS!* is a suspenseful, layer-peeling, court room drama chronicle contextualized within the global politics of food and First vs. Third world dynamics. It focuses on a slippery fact trail and a landmark and highly controversial legal case pitting a dozen Nicaraguan plantation workers against Dole Food Corporation and its alleged usage of a deadly banned pesticide and its probable link to generations of sterilized workers. Theirs is a bellwether case: The first of thousands of cases awaiting trial in Nicaragua and the first legal case where foreign farm workers were allowed to testify against an American multinational corporation before a full jury on U.S. soil. At stake are the futures of generations of workers, their families as well as the culture of global, multinational business.
Download the flyer HERE. Claudia Navas from Witness For Peace will talk about the Dole Case from WFP’s experience on the ground in Nicaragua, and Cameron Herrington from CISPES will talk generally about the impacts of CAFTA on Central America in terms of investors’ rights.
Followed by Facilitated
Community Discussion.Also, WFP will be bringing special Nicaraguan tamales for sale! (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, July 29, 2011, 7:00 to 9:30 PM(Previiously Scheduled for July 15th) Film: "BENEATH THE SALISH SEA"
An underwater odyssey through Puget Sound (48 min, Florian Graner, 2011)WITH THE FILMMAKER, FLORIAN GRANERIn BENEATH THE SALISH SEA, filmed entirely in high definition, Florian Graner, marine biologist and acclaimed wildlife cinematographer, takes viewers on an underwater adventure that begins right off the boardwalk in Seattle. You will be stunned to find out what lives under the surface around Seattle, our beautiful islands, and further in the Salish Sea. You will see curious seals, cunning giant octopuses, six-gill sharks, killer whales, ancient rat fish and much more filmed exclusively in this area. Your chance to view amazing sealife which is becoming increasingly imperiled by the decline in their ecosystem. Please join us following this extaordinary film for a conversation with the filmmaker, Florian Graner.
Download the flyer HERE. (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, July 15, 2011, 7:00 to 9:30 PM**Film: “WHITE LIGHT / BLACK RAIN: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki” (86 min, Steven Okazaki, 2007) In commemoration of Hiroshima Day, this coming Saturday. On August 6, 1945, the world was changed forever when American forces dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Three days later, another similar bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, and shortly afterward Japan surrendered to the United States. While Japan would rebuild itself as an international economic power, the nation’s psyche still carries the scars of those fateful days in 1945, and award-winning filmmaker Steven Okazaki examines the lingering impact of the first two uses of nuclear weapons. (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

**Please note: "Beneath the Salish Sea" ("Secrets In the Sound") has been rescheduled for July 29th.

Friday, July 8, 2011, 6:30 to 9:30 PM (Film at 7PM)Film: "1 GIANT LEAP" World Music, Spoken Word, and Global Community (87 min, Duncan Bridgeman & Jamie Catto, 2002)TRANSITION FRIDAY! (NOTE EARLY START TIME)An Evening Focused On Positive Solutions at a Local Level! ...With:Jun Akutsu with Indira's RainbowKaren Stocker, counsellor, singer, artist, & storyteller with One Sky WellnessCathy Tuttle with Sustainable Wallingford, andLeo Brodie with Transition Seattle1 GIANT LEAP is a collection of music, philosophy, imagery, story-telling and spoken word from around the world, fused brilliantly to reveal the essence of creative thinking and human nature. It invites us to participate in the marvelous possibility of a positive world where the things that we share far outweigh the things that separate us. This amazing film features the works of Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Dennis Hopper, Ram Dass, Michael Franti, Tim Robbins, Brian Eno, R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe, Neneh Cherry and more.
Join us following the film where we will discuss individual and group change processes within Sustainable Communities. ...If we work to make our local systems for food, energy, transport and shelter sustainable and healthy, are there inner transformations that need to go with this? (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, July 1, 2011, 7:00 to 9:30 PM FILM: “PHIL OCHS: THERE BUT FOR FORTUNE”
(96 min, Kenneth Bowser, 2010)
Much like his contemporaries Bob Dylan and Joan Baez, Phil Ochs is emblematic of America in the 60s. More than just a folk singer, Ochs helped to infuse popular music with a political perspective, rallying the like-minded and challenging the status quo. a vivid and compelling portrait of an icon of the 60s whose life was cut tragically short. (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, June 24, 2011, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFILM: “WILLIAM KUNSTLER: DISTURBING THE UNIVERSE"(85 min, Emily Kunstler, Sarah Kunstler & Jesse Moss, 2009)
The man who had marched with Martin Luther King, Jr., and who had defended the Chicago 8 anti-war protestors, Native American activists at Wounded Knee and prisoners caught up in the Attica prison rebellion was now seen kissing the cheek of a Mafia client and defending an Islamic fundamentalist charged with assassinating a rabbi, terrorists accused of bombing the World Trade Center and a teenager charged in a near-fatal gang rape.
In this intimate biography, Emily Kunstler and Sarah Kunstler seek to recover the real story of what made their late father one of the most beloved, and hated, lawyers in America.
WILLIAM KUNSTLER: DISTURBING THE UNIVERSE is a co-production of Disturbing the Universe LLC and the Independent Television Service (ITVS), with funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) in collaboration with the award-winning series POV (www.pbs.org/pov) Download the Flyer HERE. Please help us get the word out. Join us following the film for a facilitates discussion. (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, June 17, 2011, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFILM: “THE LORD IS NOT ON TRIAL HERE TODAY" - THE STORY OF HOW SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS BEGAN IN AMERICA (57 min, Jay Rosenstein, 2011)We will be
joined by Dave Miller from Americans United, Seattle.
THE LORD IS NOT ON TRIAL HERE TODAY is a Peabody Award-winning documentary that tells the compelling personal story behind one of the most important and landmark First Amendment cases in U.S. Supreme Court history, the case that set the foundation for the separation of church and state in public schools. The film recounts what Vasti McCollum later described as "three years of headlines, headaches, and hatred," but which eventually led to a decision that still resonates in the church-state conflicts of today, 60 years after the original decision in the landmark First Amendment case McCollum vs. Board of Education.
Download the Flyer HERE. Please help us get the word out. Join us following the film for a facilitates discussion. (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, June 10, 2011, 6:30 to 9:30 PMTRANSITION FRIDAY! (NOTE EARLY START TIME)An Evening Focused On Positive Solutions at a Local Level!FILM: “VANISHING OF THE BEES” ...Plus a selection of Short Films beginning at 6:30
Please join us for this great film, followed by a community discussion with:Dr. Evan Sugden PhD, Entomologist, UW Lecturer, Beekeeper and ConsultantCorky Luster - Ballard Bee CompanyJordan Schwartz - Hive-Mind Bee Blog and the Wallyhood BlogLeo Brodie - Transition Seattle“VANISHING OF THE BEES” (90 min, George Langworthy & Maryam Henein, 2009) takes a piercing investigative look at the economic, political and ecological implications of the worldwide disappearance of the honeybee. The film examines our current agricultural landscape and celebrates the ancient and sacred connection between man and the honeybee.
The story highlights the positive changes that have resulted due to the tragic phenomenon known as "Colony Collapse Disorder." To empower the audience, the documentary provides viewers with tangible solutions they can apply to their everyday lives. Vanishing of the Bees unfolds as a dramatic tale of science and mystery, illuminating this extraordinary crisis and its greater meaning about the relationship between humankind and Mother Earth. The bees have a message - but will we listen?
Please download the flyer and help us get the word out HERE.(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Special Event!Saturday, June 4, 2011, 7:00 to 9:30 PMAN EVENING WITH NICOLE FOSS: “A CENTURY OF CHALLENGES – PART 2” ...The Interlocking Crises: Energy & FinanceAt the Greenwood Senior Center525 N 85th St., Seattle, WA, 98103This is an in-person follow up and expansion to the Nicole Foss film shown at Meaningful Movies in early May.
Nicole Foss will provide a comprehensive analysis of energy, finance and the interaction between the two from a big picture perspective.
Foss contends that among many interlocking crises, it is primarily finance that will be the key driver of contraction for the next several years. As in the 1930’s, the lack of money will be at the heart of an economic seizure that we must all navigate our way through. This will postpone the energy crisis that has been looming for some time, but at the cost of making it worse in the future.
Foss offers a roadmap for what is coming and why, and what we can do individually and together in the face of this most significant of predicaments.
She is an international energy and finance expert, and co-editor of www.theautomaticearth.blogspot.com blog. Formerly, she was a Research Fellow at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies who specialized in nuclear safety in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union and conducted research into electricity policy at the EU level, and is former editor of The Oil Drum - Canada. Ms Foss is an internationally known speaker on the subject of Peak Oil and the collapse of the global financial system.
More information on this event:http://sustainableneseattle.ning.com/events/nicole-foss-a-century-of
Download the flyer HERE. Thanks!
Tickets are $5.00-$10.00 - available at the door.

Friday, June 3, 2011, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFILMS: “FIRST STEPS, AN INTERNATIONAL
RESPONSE TO THE LAND MINE CRISIS”and“THE HALO TRUST, TWENTY YEARS OF
HUMANITARIAN MINE CLEARANCE 1988-2008”With Special Guests: Deborah Netland, formerly with The State Dept, and Andrew Lyons with The Halo Trust
We’ve watched many documentaries about weapons causing destruction, now let’s have an evening watching weapons be destroyed.
This evening we will be joined by two guests: Deborah Netland, former Program Manager for global humanitarian de-mining, small arms and light-weapons destruction for the US Department of State. Deborah is currently on the board of directors of the Halo Trust NGO. We will also be joined by Andrew Lyons. Andrew is the Vice President of the Halo Trust USA, and runs Halo’s U.S. headquarters in Washington DC.
HALO TRUST is a not-for-profit corporation organized for the removal of the debris of war. More information is available at: http://www.halotrust.org/. (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, May 27, 2011, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFilm: “THIS LAND IS OUR LAND - THE FIGHT TO RECLAIM THE COMMONS”(46 min, Jeremy Earp & Sut Jhally, 2010)WITH CRAIG SALINS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF WASHINGTON PUBLIC CAMPAIGNSPlus the Short animated Film: "THEN STORY OF CITIZENS UNITED V. FEC"
(By Annie Leonard, 8 min, 2011)
For more than three decades, transnational corporations have been busy buying up what used to be known as the commons -- everything from our forests and our oceans to our broadcast airwaves and our most important intellectual and cultural works. In This Land is Our Land, acclaimed author David Bollier, a leading figure in the global movement to reclaim the commons, bucks the rising tide of anti-government extremism and free market ideology to show how commercial interests are undermining our collective interests. Placing the commons squarely within the American tradition of community engagement and the free exchange of ideas and information, Bollier shows how a bold new international movement steeped in democratic principles is trying to reclaim our common wealth by modeling practical alternatives to the restrictive monopoly powers of corporate elites.
Please join us for a facilitated discussion following the film!
For more information on the Washington Public Campaigns, go to: www.washclean.orgDownload the flyer HERE. Please help us get the word out, Thanks! (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, May 20, 2011, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFilm: “ON THE EDGE” (60 min, Diane Nilan and Laura Vazquez, 2011)
...FOLLOWED BY A PANEL DISCUSSION WITH:DIANE NILAN - THE FILM’S PRODUCERPOLLY TROUT - FOUNDER OF SEATTLE EDUCATION ACCESS
TIM HARRIS - THE FOUNDER OF REAL CHANGE HOMELESS EMPOWERMENT PROJECT BRITTNEY FERARA - EDUCATION ADVOCATE AT SEATTLE EDUCATION ACCESS
Think you know homelessness? Think again… Far beyond urban street corners where often-scorned and neglected homeless men and women shuffle, invisible families and teens struggle to survive homelessness and destitution. They stay in a variety of locales, in communities of all sizes and economic compositions. For numerous reasons, this sub-population of homeless denizens have been mostly ignored, and now estimates of their numbers exceeds 2 million, with some experts believing that invisible homeless families could number close to 10 million.
ON THE EDGE, featuring 7 women who lost their housing for a variety of reasons, gives a painfully intimate look at the entwined connection between poverty, housing issues, social problems, addictions, family crises, and gender-related injustices. These compelling and forthcoming experts on homelessness shine a bright, unmitigated light on systemic and personal causes of their struggles, illuminating what has been a dark corner of social inaction and concern.
For more information on Seattle Education Access, go to:http://www.seattleeducationaccess.org/for more information on Real Change, go to: http://www.realchangenews.org/Download the flyer here: Color or B&W. Help us get the word out, Thanks! (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, May 13, 2011, 6:30 to 9:30 PM (Film at 7:00 PM)Film: STONELEIGH’S
“A CENTURY OF CHALLENGES” (Nicole Foss, 2011)TRANSITION FRIDAY! (NOTE EARLY START TIME)An Evening Focused On Positive Solutions at a Local Level!A CENTURY OF CHALLENGES is Nicole Foss’ comprehensive analysis of energy, finance and the interaction between the two from a big picture perspective. Her current writings warn us that, like the September 2008 crisis that “came within hours of the global banking system seizing up, the brewing financial storm she predicts may come very quickly and will result in rapid deflation. Successfully dealing with deflation, she says, will make it possible to meet the twin challenges that will follow – peak oil and climate change.
Foss (AKA Stoneleigh) offers a roadmap for what is coming and why, and also what people can do individually and together in the face of this most significant of predicaments. She is an international energy and finance expert, and the co-editor of The Automatic Earth blog. Formerly, she was a Research Fellow at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies who specialized in nuclear safety in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union and conducted research into electricity policy at the EU level.
Join us following the film for a facilitated discussion with Transition Seattle, Sustainable Wallingford, and others.
Download the flyer here: Color or B&W. Help us get the word out, Thanks!

PLEASE ALSO NOTE: Nicole Foss will be coming to Seattle on the evening of June 4th at the Greenwood Senior Center for a presentation that will build further on the information presented in this film.
She will also be offering a workshop intensive on Sunday, June 5th at a location to be determined .
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, May 6, 2011, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFilm: “RETURNING FIRE - INTERVENTIONS IN VIDEO GAME CULTURE”(44 Minutes, Roger Stahl, 2011)For this Fridays film, RETURNING FIRE, INTERVENTIONS IN VIDEO GAME CULTURE, we’ll focus on the intervention part, looking at creative responses to societal and world problems. We also have a few good shorts to go along with this evening on the topic of creative response. Hope you can join us and bring friends that you know who would be interested!
Video games like Modern Warfare, America's Army, Medal of Honor, and Battlefield are part of an exploding market of war games whose revenues now far outpace even the biggest Hollywood blockbusters. The sophistication of these games is undeniable, offering users a stunningly realistic experience of ground combat and a glimpse into the increasingly virtual world of long-distance, push-button warfare. Far less clear, though, is what these games are doing to users, our political culture, and our capacity to empathize with people directly affected by the actual trauma of war. For the culture-jamming activists featured in this film, these uncertainties were a call to action. In three separate vignettes, we see how Anne-Marie Schleiner, Wafaa Bilal, and Joseph Delappe moved dissent from the streets to our screens, infiltrating war games in an attempt to break the hypnotic spell of "militainment." Their work forces all of us -- gamers and non-gamers alike -- to think critically about what it means when the clinical tools of real-world killing become forms of consumer play. Download the flyer here: COLOR or B&W- Please help us get the word out.
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, April 29, 2011, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFilm:“REEL INJUN - ON THE TRAIL OF THE HOLLYWOOD INDIAN”
(85 min, Neil Diamond & Catherine Bainbridge, 2009)
Hollywood has made over 4000 films about Native people; over 100 years of movies defining how Indians are seen by the world. Reel Injun takes an entertaining and insightful look at the Hollywood Indian, exploring the portrayal of North American Natives through the history of cinema.
Traveling through the heartland of America, Cree filmmaker Neil Diamond looks at how the myth of “the Injun” has influenced the world’s understanding – and misunderstanding – of Natives.
With candid interviews with directors, writers, actors and activists, including Clint Eastwood, Jim Jarmusch, Robbie Robertson, Sacheen Littlefeather, John Trudell and Russell Means, clips from hundreds of classic and recent films, including Stagecoach, Little Big Man, The Outlaw Josey Wales, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, and Atanarjuat the Fast Runner, Reel Injun traces the evolution of cinema’s depiction of Native people from the silent film era to today. (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, April 22, 2011, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFilm: "COUNTDOWN TO ZERO" (91 min, Lucy Walker, 2010)
This film traces the history of the atomic bomb from its origins to the present state of global affairs: nine nations possessing nuclear weapons capabilities with others racing to join them, with the world held in a delicate balance that could be shattered by an act of terrorism, failed diplomacy, or a simple accident. The film features an array of important international statesmen, including President Jimmy Carter, Mikhail Gorbachev, Pervez Musharraf and Tony Blair. It makes a compelling case for worldwide nuclear disarmament, an issue more topical than ever with the Obama administration working to revive this goal today. Download the flyer HERE.(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, April 15, 2011, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFilm: "GASLAND" (107 min, Josh Fox, 2010)
The largest domestic natural gas drilling boom in history has swept across the United States. The Halliburton-developed drilling technology of "fracking" or hydraulic fracturing has unlocked a "Saudi Arabia of natural gas" just beneath us. But is fracking safe? When filmmaker Josh Fox is asked to lease his land for drilling, he embarks on a cross-country odyssey uncovering a trail of secrets, lies and contamination. A recently drilled nearby Pennsylvania town reports that residents are able to light their drinking water on fire. This is just one of the many absurd and astonishing revelations of a new country called GASLAND. Part verite travelogue, part expose, part mystery, part bluegrass banjo meltdown, part showdown. Download the flyer here: COLOR or B&W(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday April 8, 2011, 6:30 to 9:30 PM(Film at 7PM)TRANSITION FRIDAY! (NOTE EARLY START TIME)An Evening Focused On Positive Solutions at a Local Level!
TOPIC: LOCAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS Film: "CASCADIA: THE HIDDEN FIRE" (60 min, Michael Lienau and Lisa Knorr, 2004)Join us following the film in a Community Discussion With: MARK HOWARD (Seattle Office of Emergency Management), MARY HEIM (North-End Communication Hubs), Transition
Seattle, Sustainable Wallingford,
...and Others.In light of the recent earthquakes in Japan and New Zealand, we’ll be examining our own risks here in Seattle, and analyzing what went wrong and right in the responses to these two recent disasters. The film is an extraordinary presentation on the Cascadia Subduction Zone, the same threat that Japan experienced. “CASCADIA: THE HIDDEN FIRE ” is the riveting story of scientists and ordinary people caught in extraordinary seismic events and discoveries around the globe. It explains the dynamic geology of our Cascadia Region and how and why earthquakes and other seismic-related events occur. The film provides an education on the current earthquake risk and why it is important for residents here to consider natural hazards such as earthquakes. And what these seismic detectives are learning about Cascadia will ultimately benefit the two billion people that live in super-quake prone areas along the Pacific Rim known as the Ring of Fire.Followed by a Facilitated Discussion, with Transition Seattle, Sustainable Wallingford and Others.
Download the flyer here: COLOR or B&W(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

ALSO, there is a COMMUNITY PREPAREDNESS SUMMIT (8:30AM Orientation for those not familiar with Emergency Communications Hubs)on Saturday morning, April 9th,
9-Noon at the
Seattle Office of Emergency Management, 105 5th Ave S. (Corner of 5th Ave S. and S. Washington).
April is Disaster Preparedness month in Washington and with the major earthquakes in Christchurch, New Zealand and in Japan; we are going to discuss the levels of the Preparedness Pyramid. We will discuss why preparing at each level is critical, including any lessons we may have learned so far from the two earthquakes; how the SNAP program works; how to get involved with SNAP and the progress that has been made with the Community Level, Emergency Communications Hubs.

Friday April 1, 2011, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFilm: “RETURN TO EL SALVADOR ”
(68 min, Jamie Moffett, 2010)With:
*A SHORT FILM ON GUATEMALA - produced by the Social Justice Travel Program at NOVA High School, here in Seattle.*THE RAGING GRANNIES! , and*REPRESENTATIVES FROM C.I.S.P.E.S. (The Committee In Solidarity With The People of El Salvador)
"RETURN TO EL SALVADOR", narrated by Martin Sheen, explores the reconstruction of El Salvador, post-civil war. The 12-year conflict (from 1980 to 1992) killed over 75,000 people and displaced nearly one-fifth of the population. The fighting, which took place between the Salvadoran Army and the leftist guerrilla organization, the FMLN, resulted in a staggering number of civilian deaths as the Salvadoran Army bombed and raided villages thought to be sympathetic to the FMLN. Many of these Salvadoran Army soldiers were trained and supported by the United States military at its School of the Americas (now known as WHINSEC), located in Ft. Benning, Georgia.
"RETURN TO EL SALVADOR" brings the struggles of this beleaguered country back into view and examines what drives over 700 Salvadorans to flee their homeland each day, often risking their lives to illegally enter countries in search of a better life for their families. It represents the power and audacity of solidarity, and challenges North Americans to question the global impact of their government on struggling nations.Please join us following the film for a facilitated discussion with the NOVA Social Justice Travel Program, CISPES, and The Raging Grannies! For additional info on the NOVA Program: jbsswaja@seattleschools.net or 206-523-3278
For additional information on CISPES: http://seattlecispes.org/lang/en-us/
Download the flyer here: COLOR or B&W(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, March 25, 2011, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFilm: “THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN AMERICA – DANIEL ELLSBERG”(92 min, Judith Ehrlich & Rick Goldsmith, 2009)
In 1971, Daniel Ellsberg, a leading Vietnam War strategist, concludes that America’s role in the war is based on decades of lies. He leaks 7,000 pages of top-secret documents to The New York Times, a daring act of conscience that leads directly to Watergate, President Nixon’s resignation and the end of the Vietnam War. Ellsberg and a who’s-who of Vietnam-era movers and shakers give a riveting account of those world-changing events. This event is a collaboration with the award-winning series POV
(www.pbs.org/pov).
Join us following the film for a facilitated discussion.(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday March 18, 2011, 7:00-9:30 PMFilm: “TAPPED”
(76 min, Stephanie Soechtig & Jason Lindsey, 2009) Is access to clean drinking water a basic human right?
...Or an article of commerce?WITH STOKELY TOWELS, and a short piece from his performance work on bottled water: "WATERLINES"
"TAPPED" examines the role of the bottled water industry and its effects on our health, economy, climate change, pollution, and our reliance on oil. From the production of plastic, to the ocean in which so many bottles wind up, this film follows the path of the bottled water industry into the communities that are caught at the intersection of big business and the public right to water. "TAPPED" is a behind-the-scenes look into the unregulated and unseen world of an industry that aims to privatize and sell back the one resource that ought never to become a commodity: our water.Join us following the film for a facilitated discussion.DOWNLOAD THE FLYER HERE. Pelase help us get the word out!
More information on the work of Stokely Towels, go to: www.stokleytowles.com
To learn how you can help, go to: Water 1st International. (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, March 11, 2011, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFilm: “SOUTH OF THE BORDER”(78 min, Oliver Stone, 2009) With FATHER ROY BOURGEOIS, FOUNDER OF THE SCHOOL OF THE AMERICAS WATCH;
Also with KATE SPELTZ, Director of SOAW - Puget Sound There’s a revolution underway in South America, but most of the world doesn’t know it. Oliver Stone sets out on a road trip across five countries to explore the social and political movements as well as the mainstream media’s misperception of South America while interviewing seven of its elected presidents. In casual conversations with Presidents Hugo Chávez (Venezuela), Evo Morales (Bolivia), Lula da Silva (Brazil), Cristina Kirchner (Argentina), as well as her husband and ex-President Nėstor Kirchner, Fernando Lugo (Paraguay), Rafael Correa (Ecuador), and Raúl Castro (Cuba), Stone gains unprecedented access and sheds new light upon the exciting transformations in the region.
Father Bourgeois has traveled extensively in South America, meeting with leaders and convincing many of them to withdraw support of the US School of the Americas (now known as the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation). Please join us following the film for a community discussion with Father Roy Bourgeois and members of SOAW - PUGET SOUND.
Download flyers here: COLOR or B&W
For more information on Schol of Americas Watch, go to: www.soaw.org(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Father Bourgeois will also be speaking on Thursday, March 10th at 7PM at Wallingford United Methodist Church, 2115 N 42nd St. Seattle"FATHER ROY BOURGEOIS: CONFRONTING MILITARISM IN THE AMERICAS: THE TRUTH BEHIND THE SCHOOL OF THE AMERICAS AND U.S. FOREIGN POLICY".
For more information this event, go HERE or contact: sgregmare@aol.com; 206 / 632-1523

Friday, March 4th, 2011, 6:30 to 9:30 PM(Film at 7PM)TRANSITION FRIDAY! (NOTE EARLY START TIME) "TRANSITION TOWNS REVISITED"
A Collection of Films and a Panel Discussion…Celebrating a year of Transition FridaysOn this one-year anniversary of Transition Fridays at Meaningful Movies, we’re inviting groups working with the transition initiative from around the Puget Sound area and elsewhere to come share their process, what they value most, and what they see for the future.
W
e'll come full circle to review what the Transition Movement is all about, and what actual Transition Initiatives look like throughout the region, the country, and the world.
More importantly, we'll begin to imagine what Transition would look like at the scale of our own city, Seattle. Join us for an evening focused on positive solutions at a local level with Transition Seattle, Sustainable Wallingford and Many Others.
Download the Flyer HERE. Please help us get the word out. Thanks! (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, February 25, 2011, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFilm: “WikiLeaks: THE DOCUMENTARY” (57 min, Björn Granberg/SVT Play, 2010) With ATTORNEY STEVEN REISLER,
Residing President Of The Seattle Chapter Of The National Lawyers Guild, joining us in a facilitated discusion following the film.
Swedish Televisions SVT documentary on Wikileaks and the net activist Julian Assange which tries to get under the surface of the organization, understand the driving forces and the ideology behind the tremendous impact that Wikileaks has made the past year. “Even people within Wikileaks have wondered why SVT got this access when other media hardly managed to reach them by telephone. I think one reason for that may be that we where one of the few producers that was genuinely interested in what they were actually trying to accomplish.” - Bosse Lindqvist and Jesper Huor (SVT).
Join us following the film for a facilitated discussion.Download the Flyer HERE. Please help us get the word out. Thanks! (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, February 18, 2011, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFilm: “THE COCA COLA CASE”
(86 min, Carmen Garcia, German Gutierrez , 2009) …The truth that refreshesCoca-Cola may be one of the most visible brands in the world, but there's one part of their operations they don't want you to see. A documentary film about Coca-Cola and labor rights in Latin America.
Colombia is the trade union murder capital of the world. Since 2002, more than 470 workers' leaders have been brutally killed, usually by paramilitaries hired by private companies intent on crushing the unions. Among these unscrupulous corporate brands is the poster boy for American business: Coca-Cola.
U.S. lawyers Daniel Kovalik and Terry Collingsworth, as well as activist Ray Rogers, stepped in and launched an ambitious crusade against the behemoth Coca-Cola. In an incredible three-year saga, filmmakers German Gutierrez and Carmen Garcia follow these heroes in a legal game of cat and mouse. From Bogota to New York, Guatemala to Atlanta, Washington to Canada, The Coca-Cola Case maintains the suspense of a hard-fought struggle.Download the Flyer HERE. Please help us get the word out. Thanks!
Join us following the film for a facilitated discussion. (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, February 11, 2011, 6:30 to 9:30 PM(Film at 7PM) TRANSITION FRIDAY! (NOTE EARLY START TIME)An Evening Focused On Positive Solutions at a Local Level!AND MEANINGFUL MOVIES’ 8th ANNIVERSARY!Film: "THE ECONOMICS OF HAPPINESS"
(58 min, Helena Norberg-Hodge, 2010)
WITH:
VICKI ROBIN, Author of "Your Money or Your Life"
RICHARD CONLIN, Seattle City Council President
LEO BRODIE, With Transition Seattle,
CATHY TUTTLE, With Sustainable Wallingford,
and others.Please join us for this newly released documentary film by the International Society for Ecology & Culture (ISEC) about the worldwide movement for economic localization.Economic globalization has led to a massive expansion in the scale and power of big business and banking. It has also worsened nearly every problem we face. For the majority of people on the planet life is becoming increasingly stressful. We have less time for friends and family and we face mounting pressures at work.
The Economics of Happiness describes a world moving simultaneously in two opposing directions. On the one hand, government and big business continue to promote globalization and the consolidation of corporate power. At the same time, all around the world people are resisting those policies, demanding a re-regulation of trade and finance—and, far from the old institutions of power, they’re starting to forge a very different future. Communities are coming together to re-build more human scale, ecological economies based on a new paradigm – an economics of localization.
FOLLOWED BY A FACILITATED DISCUSSION WITH VICKI ROBIN , RICHARD CONLIN, TRANSITION SEATTLE, SUSTAINABLE WALLINGFORD, AND OTHERS.And Join Us For Our 8th Anniversary Celebration!Download the Flyer HERE. Please help us get the word out. Thanks! (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, February 4, 2011, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFilm: “THE END OF POVERTY?”(104 min, Philippe Diaz, 2009) BRING YOUR NEIGHBOR NIGHT!...some films just need to be seen; Some issues just need to be discussed!
THE END OF POVERTY? is a daring, thought-provoking and very timely documentary revealing that poverty is not an accident. It began with military conquest, slavery and colonization that resulted in the seizure of land, minerals and forced labor. Today, global poverty has reached new levels because of unfair debt, trade and tax policies -- in other words, wealthy countries exploiting the weaknesses of poor, developing countries.
THE END OF POVERTY? asks why today 20% of the planet's population uses 80% of its resources and consumes 30% more than the planet can regenerate? This timely documentary explains how today's financial crisis is a direct consequence of these unchallenged policies that have lasted centuries.
Bring your neighbors to join in following the film for a facilitated discussion.(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, January 28, 2011, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFilm: “WHAT'S THE ECONOMY FOR, ANYWAY?(40 min, John de Graaf, 2010)WITH FILMMAKER JOHN DE GRAAFAND LAURA MUSIKANSKI, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - SUSTAINABLE SEATTLEIs the GDP is an adequate measure of society's well-being? Are there workable alternatives? And ...what's happiness got to do with it?
In this film produced by John de Graaf of AFFLUENZA fame and TAKE BACK YOUR TIME, ecological economist Dave Batker presents a humorous, edgy, factual, timely and highly-visual monologue about the American economy today, challenging the ways we measure economic success--especially the Gross Domestic Product--and offering an answer to the question: What's the Economy for, Anyway?
Using Gifford Pinchot's idea that the economy's purpose is "the greatest good for the greatest number over the longest run," Batker compares the performance of the U.S. economy with that of other industrial countries in terms of providing a high quality of life, fairness and ecological sustainability, concluding that when you do the numbers, we come out near the bottom in nearly every category.
Batker shines a humorous light on such economic buzzwords as "productivity," and "consumer sovereignty," while offering ideas for "capitalism with a human face," a new economic paradigm that meets the real needs of people and the planet.Join us following the film for a community discussion with Filmmaker John de Graaf and Laura Musikanski, Executive Director of Sustainable Seattle, about a meaningful framing of our economy, and a presentation on the recently released Happiness Survey from theSeattle Area Happiness Initiative! Download the Flyer HERE. Please help us get the word out. Thanks! (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

(The film. "WikiLeaks: The Documentary", originally announced, will hopefully be shown when screening rights are obtained at a later date.)

Friday, January 21, 2011, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFilm: “WHICH WAY HOME” (83 min, Rebecca Cammisa, 2010)FOLLOWED BY A PANEL DISCUSSION ON THE COMPLEX ISSUES OF IMMIGRATIONThe Film:
As the United States continues to build a wall between itself and Mexico, Which Way Home shows the personal side of immigration through the eyes of children who face harrowing dangers with enormous courage and resourcefulness as they endeavor to make it to the United States.
We are pleased to partner with Exiled Voices for Justice (www.exiledvoicesforjustice.org) and Lutheran Community Services, Refugee and Immigrant Children’s Program (www.refugeechildren.net) to screen this 2010 Oscar-nominated documentary film, which chronicles the journeys undertaken by unaccompanied immigrant children from Central America and Mexico who risk everything to flee their native land, desperate to secure a brighter future in the United States.
Director Rebecca Cammisa tracks the stories of Olga and Freddy, nine-year-old Hondurans desperately trying to reach their families in Minnesota. Theirs are stories of hope and courage, disappointment and sorrow.The Panel: REBEKAH FLETCHER:
Children’s Attorney with Volunteer Advocates for Immigrant Justice (VAIJ)www.abanet.org/publicserv/immigration/vaij.shtmlSIERRA ROWE:
Social Worker with the Refugee & Immigrant Children’s Program at Lutheran Community Services NW www.refugeechildren.netDEANN ADAMS:
Program Manager of Friends of Youth’s El Puente program,www.friendsofyouth.org/ and,ROGER VILLALOBOS: Whose journey to the U.S. resembled those of the children in the film;MODERATED BY JORGE BARON: Executive Director of the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project (NWIRP) http://www.nwirp.org/Following the screening/discussion:
An advocacy fair showcasing the initiatives of non-profits working on behalf of immigrants fleeing poverty, abuse, or persecution in Central America and Mexico will offer attendees a unique opportunity to learn more and find out how to get involved. Download the Flyer HERE. Please help us get the word out. Thanks!
To see the trailer, go to: www.whichwayhome.net(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, January 14, 2011, 6:30 to 9:30 PM (Film at 7PM) TRANSITION FRIDAY! (NOTE EARLY START TIME)An Evening Focused On Positive Solutions at a Local Level!Film: “FIXING THE FUTURE”
(58min, Ellen Spiro/PBS-NOW, 2010)Followed by a Facilitated Discussion, with:CHRISTINA HANNA
- Director, Seattle Good Business Network COLLEEN KURKE
- President, Wallingford Chamber of CommerceBRIAN SURRATT- Business Development Director, Seattle Office of Economic Development LEO BRODIE
- Transition SeattleCATHY TUTTLE
-
Sustainable Wallingford Coordinator
AND OTHERS
…The economy does not have to be the way it is right now. If you didn't believe we were in trouble before the financial tornado hit in 2008, you probably do now, regardless of your political leanings. One response is to put a new coat of paint on the old economy, maybe even fumigate it. But who is trying something fresh, experimenting with ways the economy can better serve more people and be less prone to getting destructively out of whack?
FIXING THE FUTURE Interviews leading economists, David Korten and Jane D'Arista, as well as the US Editor of The Economist, Matthew Bishop, to find out how to go about fixing capitalism, rebuilding our economy and creating jobs. Download the flyer HEREA few Short Films and informal community discussion at 6:30 PM;
…Film starts at 7:00PM. Please join us following the film for a facilitated discussion. (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, January 7, 2011, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFilm: “NOT JUST A GAME” (62 min, Jeremy Earp, 2010)
The Politics of Sports …and the Sports of Politics. We've been told again and again that sports and politics don't mix, that games are just games and athletes should just "shut up and play." Nation magazine sports editor Dave Zirin argues that far from providing merely escapist entertainment, American sports have long been at the center of some of the major political debates and struggles of our time. He first traces how American sports have glamorized militarism, racism, sexism, and homophobia, then excavates a largely forgotten history of rebel athletes who stood up to power and fought for social justice beyond the field of play.
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, December 17, 2010, 7-9:30 PMFilm: "JOYEUX NOEL" (116 min, Christian Carion, 2005)
In 1914, World War I, the bloodiest war ever at that time in human history, was well under way. However on Christmas Eve, numerous sections of the Western Front called an informal, and unauthorized, truce where the various front-line soldiers of the conflict peacefully met each other in No Man's Land to share a precious pause in the carnage with a fleeting brotherhood. This film dramatizes one such section as the French, British and German sides partake in the unique event, even though they are aware that their superiors will not tolerate its occurrence.
A great story of both peace and caution for the holiday season.
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ..but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, December 10, 2010, 6:30 to 9:30 PM (Film at 7PM) TRANSITION FRIDAY! An Evening Focused On Positive Solutions at a Local Level!Topic: LOCAL WATER SECURITY
Film: "WATER ON THE TABLE"(79 min, Liz Marshall, 2010)Please Join Us Following the Film for a Panel and Community
Discussion on our local water security with:

Is water a commercial good? Or is it a human right like air?
WATER ON THE TABLE is powerful new, character-driven, social-issue documentary that explores our relationship to our most precious natural resource.
The film intimately shadows Canada’s own water crusader Maude Barlow over the course of a year during her term as the UN Senior Advisor on Water to the President of the General Assembly. While still giving voice to the powerful interests that insist that water is just another resource to be bought and sold, it solidly and factually lays out the undeniable conclusion that what is at stake is our very future, and potable water must be included as a human right.
For more information on the film, go to: www.wateronthetable.comInformational & Resource Sites:
Seattle Public Utilities: www.seattle.gov/util/Friends of the Cedar River Watershed: www.cedarriver.orgEarth Systems NW: www.earthsystemsnw.comTransition Seattle: www.transitionseattle.comSustainable Wallingford: www.greenwallingford.ning.com
The Washington Water Trust: www.washingtonwatertrust.orgPrior to the film (6:30), there will be an opportunity to visit with our guests, and watch a film-short or two. Following the film, please join us for a facilitated discussion on our local water security. Down load the Flyer HERE. Please help us get the word out. Thanks! (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, December 3, 2010, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFilm: “THE MEAN WORLD SYNDROME - Media Violence & the Cultivation of Fear”(51 min, Jeremy Earp, 2010) A new film based on the late George Gerbner's groundbreaking analysis of media influence and media violence. For years, debates have raged among scholars, politicians, and concerned parents about the effects of media violence on viewers. Too often these debates have descended into simplistic battles between those who claim that media messages directly cause violence and those who argue that activists exaggerate the impact of media exposure altogether. THE MEAN WORLD SYNDROME examines how media violence forms a heightened state of insecurity, exaggerated perceptions of risk and danger, and a fear-driven propensity for hard-line political solutions to social problems.
Please join us following the film for a facilitated discussion.(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, November 26, 2010, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFilm: “THE HARRIMAN ALASKA EXPEDITION RETRACED” (110 min, Lawrence Hott, 2002)
Two scientific expeditions to Alaska, 100 years apart, give us an unparalleled view of environmental damage and the change in society's attitudes.
A century ago, railroad tycoon Edward H. Harriman decided to form of one of the most ambitious scientific expeditions the world had ever seen. He invited the top authorities in the country: geologists, botanists, foresters, ornithologists, paleontologists, zoologists, painters, photographers, writers to join him on a 9000-mile exploration of the coast of Alaska. Over a century later, Thomas Litwin of Smith College organized an expedition to follow the path of the original one. Again, it was stocked with a constellation of scientific brilliance. THE HARRIMAN ALASKA EXPEDITION RETRACED presents a unique look at 100 years of change in Alaska, and in American attitudes towards the environment and indigenous peoples.
Download the flyer HERE. Please help us get the word out! (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, November 19, 2010, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFilm: “WORKERS REPUBLIC” (To Be Confirmed)
(60 min, Andrew Friend, 2010)
WORKERS’ REPUBLIC chronicles one of the most important labor victories in recent memory.
Three weeks before Christmas 2008, in the depths of the economic crisis, Chicago company Republic Windows and Doors announced the factory's closure, with no pay for the workers', no severance and no insurance. The response of these ordinary people harkened back to the sit-down strikes of the 1930s and reminded the working class it possesses a power long forgotten.
This is the story of how they occupied the factory, declaring they would not leave until they were given what their employer owed them, making headlines all over the world. A testimony to courage, the creativity, and the solidarity to stand up for one’s rights.
Download the Flyer HERE
Please join us for a facilitated discussion following the film.(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, November 12, 2010, 6:30 to 9:30 PM (...Film starts at 7)
Film: TRANSITION FRIDAY! Film: “FOOD FIGHT” THE REVOLUTION NEVER TASTED SO GOOD!(91 MIN, Chris Taylor, 2008) Please join us following the film in a community
discussion on Local Food Security, ...with:Councilmember Richard Conlin
Ron Harris-White with Seattle Parks
Leika Suzumura with PCC
Michael Seliga with Cascadian Edible Harvest
Leo Brodie with Transition Seattle
Cathy Tuttle with Sustainable Wallingford “Chefs are social reformers in America right now” - Michael Pollen.
We can all share in this revolution. We have power through our food choices to put the culture back in American agriculture. We get three votes a day, and they don't all have to be perfect. There is a great lie being sold to the American food consumer about the abundance and quality of food we have to choose from. Our food system has been co-opted by corporate forces whose interests lie outside of public health and food sustainability. This is the story of how a vital local-sustainable-organic food movement has created a counter-revolution to bring back nutrition, taste and variety to our tables. Visit with our guests from 6:30 to 7. ...Film starts at 7.
Please join us for a facilitated discussion with our guests following the film. Download our flyer HERE and help spread the word! -Thanks!(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, November 5, 2010, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFilm: “THE HOLLYWOOD LIBRARIAN: A LOOK AT LIBRARIANS THROUGH FILM" (96 MIN, Ann Seidl, 2007)
With LOCAL LIBRARIANS AND LIBRARY UNION REPRESENTATIVES! They have more cardholders than VISA, more customers than Amazon, and more outlets than McDonald's. Meet America's librarians. THE HOLLYWOOD LIBRARIAN is the first comprehensive treatment of the subject of librarians.
A vivid blend of factual documentary, feature film, and storytelling, it reveals the history and realities of librarianship in the entertaining and appealing context of American movies. Interviews with librarians, intercut with film clips of cinematic librarians, examine such issues as literature, books and reading, censorship, library funding, citizenship and democracy.
For the first time, we see and understand the real lives and real work of American librarians who for decades have been a cultural force hiding in plain sight. - Please join us following the film for a facilitated discussion.
Please Download our flyer HERE and help spread the word! -Thanks!(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, October 29, 2010, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFilm:THE MOVIE: “PEACE THROUGH MUSIC” PLAYINGFORCHANGE !!...a evening of great music!! (83 min, Mark Johnson and Jonathan Walls, 2008)
PEACE THROUGH MUSIC is a story of hope, struggle, perseverance and joy. Musicians from different cultures uniting together for the common purpose of peace through music, is a powerful statement.
The idea for this project arose from a common belief that music has the power to break down boundaries and overcome distances between people. No matter whether people come from different geographic, political, economic, spiritual or ideological backgrounds, music has the universal power to transcend and unite us as one human race. And with this truth firmly fixed in their minds, Directors Mark Johnson and Jonathan Walls, along with the PLAYING FOR CHANGE team, carrying high-tech portable recording equipment, traveled the globe with a single minded passion: To connect the world through music. Please join us following the film for a facilitated discussion.
DOWNLOAD THE FLYER HERE! ...Please help us get the word out! -thanks! The Playing For Change performance, "Stand By Me": HERE.
See the Movie Trailer: HERE(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

ALSO, the PLAYING FOR CHANGE 2010 BAND TOUR will be in Seattle on the following Wednesday, Nov 3rd, at 7:30PM, at the Moore Theater, 1932 Second Avenue, Seattle. Don’t miss this opportunity to see this amazing collection of world-traveling musicians. For the past four years Playing For Change has traveled the world and created a family of over 100 musicians from all walks of life. This Band Tour is the next chapter in their story. Come witness first-hand the transformational power of music and love.
For more information on the Tour, the Band and the Project, go to: www.playingforchange.com. For concert tickets go to: www.stgpresents.org

Friday, October 22, 2010, 6:45 to 9:30 PM - (NOTE EARLY START TIME)Film: “THE GREATEST SILENCE:
RAPE IN THE CONGO" (76 min, Lisa F. Jackson, 2008)In honor of Congo Week (October 17-23). With A Special Panel Discussion on the Current Situation In the Congo.AND a Preview Slideshow of the Internationally Touring Photo Exhibit: “CONGO/WOMEN”- Meet Our Guests at 6:30; Exhibit Slideshow Begins at 6:45; Film Begins at 7:00. Winner of the Sundance Special Jury Prize in Documentary and inspiration for a U.N. Resolution classifying rape as a weapon of war, “The Greatest Silence” opened the world’s eyes to the epidemic of rape in eastern Congo.
Featuring interviews with survivors, activists, peacekeepers, physicians, and – chillingly – soldiers who unabashedly admit to torturing women, this powerful film shattered the silence surrounding the use of rape as a weapon of war while inspiring viewers with examples of resistance, courage, and resilience.
Mineral-rich eastern Congo is considered the most dangerous place in the world to be a woman or a girl. Competition for control over mineral resources – including coltan, which is used to manufacture electronics – has attracted foreign militias and soldiers from the Congolese Army who use sexual violence to control villagers in mining areas.Please join us following the screening: Panelists will discuss issues raised by the film and ways in which those issues are being addressed today:Dick Anderson, Executive Director, HEAL Africa (www.healafrica.org); Wemba-koy Okonda, President, OkoNGO (www.okongo.org); and Erika Berg, Refugee and Immigrant Children’s Program
(www.refugeechildren.net).
This event is co-hosted by Lutheran Community Services NW’s Refugee and Immigrant Children’s Program. For more info: www.exiledvoicesforjustice.org
Download Our Flyer HERE. Please help us get the word out.
For more info on the film, click HERE
To learn more about Congo Week: www.congoweek.orgFor more info on the Photo Exhibit: CONGO / WOMEN: www.congowomen.org(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, October 15, 2010, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFilm: "SISTERS ON THE PLANET" - and Shorts from
"THE HARDEST HIT SERIES"
CO-HOSTED BY OXFAM
...and with REPRESENTATIVES FROM
CONGRESSMAN
JIM MCDERMOTT'S OFFICE. A night with representatives of OXFAM (Oxford Famine Relief) featuring films and shorts on the effect of Climate Change on the Third World and the latest efforts in Aid Reform. Joining us as well will be staff members from Representative Jim McDermott’s office. Representative McDermott will potentially be in attendance as well. Films will include: “SISTERS ON THE PLANET” - the stories of four women who have become community leaders working on adaptation projects in the wake of climate-related disasters and changing weather conditions. The "HARDEST HIT" series will also be featured: shorts on the effects of climate change on poor communities in Vietnam, Ethiopia, El Salvador, and Louisiana. The evening’s topic will also be expanded to include discussion of efforts to increase Aid Effectiveness.Download the Flyer HERE. Please help us get the word out!For more information on OXFAM, go to: www.oxfam.org
Please join us following the film for a facilitated discussion. (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, October 8, 2010, 7:00 to 9:30 PMTRANSITION FRIDAY!
Film: “THE AGE OF STUPID - Why didn’t We save Ourselves When We Had the Chance?”
(92 min, Franny Armstrong, 2009) - And SEATTLE'S KICK OFF FOR 350.ORG 10/10/10 DAY OF CLIMATE ACTION!
Join us with:
SUSAN DAVIS, the founder of the TIPPING POINT NETWORK, CATHY TUTTLE with 350.ORG & SUSTAINABLE WALLINGFORD, and LEO BRODIE with TRANSITION SEATTLE
A film about the future we could face if we don't make changes, ...and quickly. This one is not for the fainthearted, because the combination of documentary and a fictionalized "future" as told by the narrator carries double the impact of a purely factual film. That said, the message is conveyed creatively and clearly. Pete Postelwaite is entirely believable as the weary archivist of the future, who is still in disbelief at the facts available to humanity in 2010- and how easy it was for even the most well-intentioned of us to ignore them at times.SUSAN DAVIS is the founder of the Tipping Point Network, an informal network-of-networks founded in 2006 to catalyze a tipping point in sustainability sectors like organics, renewable energy, green building and integrative medicine. Using the “Key Initiator Network Strategy” she brought together innovators like Van Jones; Alisa Gravitz of Green America; Ray Anderson of Interface Carpet; Ocean Robbins of YES!; Marion Rockefeller Weber of the Flow Fund Circle & many others. Her new book is called A Trojan horse of Love, “the heartfelt story of how, over the last thirty years, 20 tiny groups of leaders have created a powerful new method of innovation to manifest sustainability based on love, trust and generosity.” She is a President of Capital Missions Company, an early pioneer of Socially Responsible Investing with ShoreBank, and a Harvard MBA. More information on the Film: http://www.ageofstupid.net/Download the Flyer HERE. Please help us get the word out!
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, October 1, 2010, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFilm: “WHO DOES SHE THINK SHE IS?”
Followed by a facilitated discussion with special guests! (73 min, Pamela Tanner Boll & Nancy Kennedy, 2008)
Can women follow their artistic instincts and still function as wives and mothers? WHO DOES SHE THINK SHE IS?, is a riveting documentary by Academy Award-winning producer Pamela Tanner Boll (Born Into Brothels). It features five bold women who navigate some of the most problematic intersections of our time: parenting and creativity, partnering and independence, economics and art.
Through their lives Tanner Boll explores what it means to nurture children and family, and keep the creative fire burning within. Please join us following the film for a facilitated discussion!For more information on the film, please go to:www.whodoesshethinksheis.netDownload the flyer here: COLOR or B&W ...Please help us get the word out! (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, September 24, 2010, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFilm: RUN GRANNY RUN(76 min, Marlo Poras, 2007) Doris “Granny D” Haddock was the nation's oldest political newcomer. A former housewife and office assistant, Doris was happily retired for over twenty years – but when her husband died, she needed a reason to live. So at the age of 90, she laced up her sneakers and walked across America to rally against the influence of big money in elections.
Her epic journey galvanized popular attention to a political system gone awry, but for Doris the walk was just a warm up. Still fed up with politics as usual, at age 94 she jumped at an unexpected chance to run for U.S. Senate against incumbent Judd Gregg (an intellectual sparring partner of George W. Bush). With just four months until Election Day, this great-grandmother of sixteen faced a series of challenges that would be daunting for a candidate of any age. Doris and her motley crew of political aces and amateurs work against all odds to craft a feisty campaign that personifies her democratic ideals of a government ...of, by and for the people.Granny D recently died at the age of 100. Michael Lerman with Indiewire recently stated: "Run Granny Run...one of the most inspiring true stories of our time. In a sea of terribly constructed political documentaries...RUN GRANNY RUN is a breath of fresh air."
ALSO, a short teaser for the new film "Citizen Mayor" on the 2009 Seattle Mayor's Election selected for the Local Sightings Film Festival [LSFF] and will be shown at 7 PM on October 3, at the Northwest Film Forum (1515 12th Ave. Seattle, WA 98122; movie line: 206-829-7863). Download their flyer HERE.
More info on Run Granny Run: at: www.marloporas.com/pages/press.html
Download the flyer HERE. (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, September 17, 2010, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFilm: “THE AMERICAN RULING CLASS”...A DRAMATIC DOCUMENTARY MUSICAL(89 min, John Kirby, 2007)
A dramatic, musical, documentary satire on class in America that attempts to answer the question 'Who rules America?' THE AMERICAN RULING CLASS is one of the most unusual films to be made in America in recent years -- both in terms of form and content. The form is a "dramatic-documentary-musical-satire" and the content is our country's most taboo topic: Class, Power and Privilege in our nominally democratic republic. We have to ask, along with host and screen writer Mr. Lewis Lapham: "To what end the genius of the Wall Street banks and the force of the Pentagon's colossal weapons? Where does America discover the wisdom to play with its wonderful toys?" Should they seek to rule the world, or to save it?(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, September 10, 2010, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFilm: Chris Martenson’s “CRASH COURSE” Vol 1 (60 min, Chris Martenson, 2009)
The CRASH COURSE seeks to provide us with a baseline understanding of the economy so that we can better appreciate the risks that we all face. It ties together the Three E's - Economy, Energy and the Environment to help us prepare for a future that will be drastically different from the past. While the topics woven together present some of the extremely serious challenges and risks that our economy and prosperity faces, the goal is to educate ourselves so that we can work to build resilience into our lives and community.(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, SEPT 3, 2010, 7:00 to 9:30 PMKICKING OFF A NEW SEASON OF GREAT DOCUMENTARY FILMS AND DISCUSSION WITH:Film: “NO IMPACT MAN ”(93 min, Laura Gabbert & Justin Schein, 2009)
Colin Beavan decides to completely eliminate his personal impact on the environment for the next year.
It means eating vegetarian, buying only local food, and turning off the refrigerator. It also means no elevators, no television, no cars, busses, or airplanes, no toxic cleaning products, no electricity, no material consumption, and no garbage.
No problem – at least for Colin – but he and his family live in Manhattan. So when his espresso-guzzling, retail-worshipping wife Michelle and their two-year-old daughter are dragged into the fray, the No Impact Project has an unforeseen impact of its own.
Laura Gabbert and Justin Schein's film provides an intriguing inside look into the experiment that became a national fascination and media sensation, while examining the familial strains and strengthened bonds that result from Colin and Michelle’s struggle with their radical lifestyle change.
PLEASE JOIN US!
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted)

Friday, AUGUST 6th THRU AUGUST 27th, 2010NO FILMS
...WE'RE OFF FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST FOR A LITTLE ORGANIZATIONAL RECUPERATION TIME.
PLEASE JOIN US AGAIN ON SEPT 3rd FOR A NEW SEASON OF GREAT MEANINGFUL MOVIES!

...SOCIAL JUSTICE DOCUMENTARY FILMS & COMMUNITY DISCUSSION,
...
EVERY FRIDAY EVENING(Events are FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted)

Friday, JULY 30, 2010, 7:00 to 9:30 PM
Film: “THE IRATE BIRDWATCHER” (54 min, Robert and Kathy Chrestensen, 2009)...JOIN US FOR THE LAST FILM OF A GREAT SEASON!
It's all about wilderness preservation … told in the inspiring words of Harvey Manning – the irate birdwatcher. Follow the legendary Northwest writer and conservationist as he discovers the beauty of Washington’s wildest places, and the need to stand up and fight for their very survival. This is Harvey’s story about this state’s unique wilderness … his deep passion for it, his years of ramblings as an avid backpacker and climber, and his own personal crusade to preserve and protect it for future generations.Honorable Mention for Creative Approach, 6th Annual Montana CINE International Film Festival .Guests for the evening will include TOM HAMMOND, from the American Alps Legacy Project: www.americanalps.org
JOE BRESKIN and JOHN NELSON, will be playing guitar music from the film, before the film starts this evening.
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Friday, JULY 23, 2010, 7:00 to 9:30 PM
Film: "BLACK WAVE: THE LEGACY OF THE EXXON VALDEZ" (99 min, Robert Cornellier, 2008)
For twenty years, Riki Ott and the fishermen of the little town of Cordova, Alaska have waged the longest legal battle in U.S. history against the world’s most powerful oil company, ExxonMobil. They tell us all about the environmental, social and economic consequences of the black wave that changed their lives forever. This is the legacy of the Exxon Valdez. (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted)

Friday, JULY 16, 2010, 7:00 to 9:30 PM
Film: “PLUNDER: THE CRIME OF OUR TIME”
(100 min, Danny Schechter, 2009)
Plunder: The Crime of Our Time is a hard-hitting investigative film by Danny Schechter. The "News Dissector" explores how the financial crisis was built on a foundation of criminal activity uncovering the connection between the collapse of the housing market and the economic catastrophe that followed.
The film looks into how the crisis developed, from the mysterious collapse of Bear Stearns, an 85-year-old investment firm that disappeared in a week to the shadowy world of trillion dollar hedge funds. Insiders who work in the industry, and know it well, tell both of these stories. Plunder also shows how hastily arranged government bailouts did not revive the economy and may have lost billions.
The film also delves into the complicity of the major media outlets, which failed to sound the alarm or investigate wrong doers. A top financial journalist and media analyst as well as a financier explain how the business media became embedded in the culture it was covering, similar to embedded reporters in Iraq. Download the Flyer HERE. -
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Friday, JULY 9, 2010, 6:30 to 9:30 PM (Note special Start Time) TRANSITION FRIDAY! TOPIC: A TRANSITION FOCUS ON HOUSING
FILM:
“VISIONS OF UTOPIA: EXPERIMENTS IN SUSTAINABLE CULTURE" VISIONS OF UTOPIA (Geoph Kozeny, 2009) is an 11 year study of intentional communities, from communes to cohousing, including
a short history of 25,000 years of shared living. Also, brief profiles of contemporary communities, a look at housing, urban development, the small house movement and New Urbanism. An examination of community building through the lens of the Transition Movement. Including a number of short features.
With TRANSITION SEATTLE, and SUSTAINABLE WALLINGFORDDownload the Flyer HERE. -
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Friday, JULY 2, 2010, 7:00 to 9:30 PM
Film: "KILLING US SOFTLY 4" (45 min, Sud Jhally, 2010)
In this new, highly anticipated update of her pioneering Killing Us Softly series, the first in more than a decade, Jean Kilbourne takes a fresh look at how advertising traffics in distorted and destructive ideals of femininity. The film marshals a range of new print and television advertisements to lay bare a stunning pattern of damaging gender stereotypes -- images and messages that too often reinforce unrealistic, and unhealthy, perceptions of beauty, perfection, and sexuality. By bringing Kilbourne's groundbreaking analysis up to date, KILLING US SOFTLY 4 stands to challenge a new generation of students to take advertising seriously, and to think critically about popular culture and its relationship to sexism, eating disorders, and gender violence."Jean Kilbourne's arguments are as focused and unassailable as those of a good prosecutor. Piece by piece she builds a case for an America deeply corrupted by advertisers." - Mary Pipher, Author of Reviving Ophelia
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Friday, JUNE 25, 2010, 7:00 to 9:30 PM
Film: "BIGGER, STRONGER, FASTER"
(106 min, Chris Bell, 2008)
In America, we define ourselves in the superlative: we are the biggest, strongest, fastest country in the world. We reward speed, size and above all else: winning – at sport, at business and at war. Metaphorically we are a nation on steroids. Is it any wonder that so many of our heroes are on performance enhancing drugs? Blending comedy and pathos, Bigger, Stronger, Faster is a collision of pop culture and first-person narrative, with a diverse cast including US Congressmen, professional athletes, medical experts and everyday gym rats. At its heart, this is the story of director Christopher Bell and his two brothers, who grew up idolizing muscular giants like Hulk Hogan, Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger, and who went on to become members of the steroid-subculture in an effort to realize their American dream. When you discover that your heroes have all broken the rules, do you follow the rules, or do you follow your heroes?
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(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted)

Friday, JUNE 18, 2010, 7:00 to 9:30 PM
Film: "BEYOND THE MOTOR CITY (80 minutes, Aaron Wolf, 2008)
Beyond the Motor City shines a spotlight on one of our country’s most critical issues: America’s decaying and neglected infrastructure and examines how Detroit, a grim symbol of America’s diminishing status in the world, may come to represent the future of transportation and progress in this country. This documentary reveals that over the last 30 years, much of the world has left Detroit—and America—behind, choosing faster, cleaner, more modern transportation.
In a journey that takes us into the neighborhoods of Detroit and then beyond to Spain, California, and our nation’s capital, Beyond the Motor City urges us to ask how a symbol of America’s urban decay might transform itself into a model of urban revitalization. Can we finally push America’s transit system into the 21st century?(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted)

Friday, JUNE 11, 2010, 6:30 to 9:30 PM
(Note special Start Time) “TRANSITION FRIDAY”!TOPIC: A TRANSITION FOCUS ON PERMACULTUREFilm: "FARMS FOR THE FUTURE"...Plus a number of short features, and a look at Permaculture Systems!With: Leo Brodie: TRANSITION SEATTLE, and
Cathy Tuttle: SUSTAINABLE WALLINGFORD,
...and numerous other guests! FARMS FOR THE FUTURE (48 min, Rebecca Hosking, 2009) - a documentary devoted to peak oil, agriculture and alternatives like forest gardening and permaculture. Wildlife film maker Rebecca Hosking, in search for a post-fossil fuel agriculture, investigates how to transform her family's farm in Devon into a low energy farm for the future, and discovers that nature holds the key. (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted)

Friday, JUNE 4, 2010, 7:00 to 9:30 PM
Film: “DIRT: THE MOVIE! ”(80 min, Bill Benenson & Gene Rosow, 2009)WITH DAVID R. MONTGOMERY, AUTHOR OF DIRT: THE EROSION OF CIVILIZATIONS.DIRT: THE MOVIE! is an insightful and timely film that tells the story of the glorius and underappreciated material beneath our feet, the 'skin of the earth'. Inspired by William Bryant Logan's acclaimed book "Dirt: The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth'. Dirt! The Movie takes a substantial look in the history and current state of the living organic matter that we come from and will later return to.Following the film, please join us in a facilitated conversation with University of Washington Professor David R. Montgomery, author of Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations, and recent recipient of the MacArthur Foundation’s Genius Award for his contributions to the science of geomorphology.Download the flyer HERE. Please help us get the word out. (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted)

Friday, MAY 28, 2010, 7:00 to 9:30 PM
Film: “AN UNREASONABLE MAN – RALPH NADER” (122 minutes, Henriette Mantel and Steve Skrovan, 2006)
Ralph Nader is without a doubt one of the most passionate and determined personalities of our time. Loved, hated, respected and feared. Nader has had more impact on our daily lives than most presidents. Now, this first-hand account takes you behind his groundbreaking consumer advocacy campaigns and contested presidential runs. An Unreasonable man shows why Nader continues to be one of the most unique and important American political figures of our time.
Download the flyer HERE. Please help us get the word out. (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted)

Friday, MAY 21, 2010, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFilm: “TIME FOR SCHOOL” (53 min; Pamela Hogan, Executive Producer; 2009); Plus a Short Film on THE JUBILEE ACT AND DEBT CANCELLATION (20 min, Jubilee USA) With Representatives from the Puget Sound Millennium Goals Project, ...along with the organizations Jubilee NW, RESULTS & Bread for the World.
The documentary film, TIME FOR SCHOOL is based on the premise that education is a basic human right; It focuses on the promise made in 2000 through the United Nations Millennium Development Goals by 191 member nations, including the United States, to provide elementary education to all the world's children by 2015. The film is the latest report in the unprecedented, award-winning 12-year documentary project, ‘Time for School’. It visits seven classrooms in seven countries (Afghanistan, Benin, Brazil, India, Japan, Kenya and Romania) to offer a glimpse into the lives of seven extraordinary children who are struggling to get what nearly all American kids take for granted: a basic education.
The Film Short, focuses on the Jubilee Act currently in the US Congress (HR4045).Please join us following the film for a facilitated discussion with Puget Sound Millennium Goals Project. The members of the Puget Sound Millennium Goals Project believe that ending global poverty is possible when made a global priority, that the United States plays a critical role in this, and that the American people have a powerful voice in ensuring that the needs of the world’s poorest people are met.
For more information on the Puget Sound Millenium Goals Project, please go to: www.mgoals.org.
For more information on the UN Millennium Development Goals, please go to: www.un.org/millenniumgoals.
Download the flyer HERE. Please help us get the word out. (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted)

Friday, MAY 14, 2010, 6:30 to 9:30 PM (Note special Start Time) “TRANSITION FRIDAY”!
TOPIC: A TRANSITION FOCUS ON ENERGY- PART 2
A Series of Great Short Films on Energy Descent and Meaningful Energy Alternatives: Chris Martenson's "CRASH COURSE", "THE POWER DOWN SHOW", and others. With:
Leo Brodie: TRANSITION SEATTLE
Cathy Tuttle: SUSTAINABLE WALLINGFORD
Christy Nordstrom: SEATTLE RENEWABLE ENERGY MEET-UP
SEATTLE CITY LIGHT
SALISH SEA MARITIME EXCHANGE
WALLINGFORD SOLAR
EOS ALLIANCE
...and numerous other guests!
Take a hard look at the inevitable intersection of Peak Oil, Global Climate Change, and an Unsustainable Economy. It's not all bad. In fact, it's a golden opportunity!Please come early (6:30PM), for informal conversation with groups currently working on local alternative energy solutions!
... Film begins at 7:00 PM. Join us for a facilitated Community Discussion following the film.
Please help us get the word out: - download the flyer here: Color or B&W. Thanks!(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted)

Friday, May 7, 2010, 7:00 to 9:30 PM
Film: "LORDS OF NATURE: LIFE IN THE LAND OF GREAT PREDATORS"
(60 min, Karen Anspacher-Meyer and Ralf Meyer, 2009)With wildlife
advocates from Conservation NW
Top predators may hold a key to life itself.
Can people and predators coexist? Can we afford not to?
Birds, butterflies, beaver and antelope, wildflowers and frogs — could their survival possibly be connected to top predators like the wolf and cougar? LORDS OF NATURE goes behind the scenes with leading scientists to explore the role top predators play in restoring and maintaining ecosystems and biodiversity.
Wolves and cougars, once driven to the edge of existence, are finding their way back -- from the Yellowstone plateau to the canyons of Zion, from the farm country of northern Minnesota to the rugged open range of the West. This is the story of a science now discovering top carnivores as revitalizing forces of nature, and of a society now learning tolerance for beasts they once banished.
Narrated by Peter Coyote. Please join us for a facilitated discussion following the film With wildlife
advocates from Conservation NW. - www.conservationnw.org
More information on the film: www.lordsofnature.orgDownload the flyer Color or B&W. Please help us get the word out. Thanks!
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted)

Friday, April 30, 2010, 7:00 to 9:30 PM
Film: “PRAY THE DEVIL BACK TO HELL” (72 min, Gini Reticker, 2009) With Susan Partnow from Global Citizen Journey. PRAY THE DEVIL BACK TO HELL exposes the recent, but largely forgotten story, of the women of Liberia uniting to bring the end to their nation's civil war. Despite their religious differences, and using entirely nonviolent methods, they forced the stalled peace talks in their country to move forward. Not only were the peace talks successful, but Charles Taylor, the president of Liberia, was forced into exile, leading to the first election of a female head of state in Africa.Please join us for a facilitated discussion following the film with Susan Partnow with Global Citizen Journey, who is just back from Liberia in an effort to lay the groundwork for GCJ’s Liberia Peacebuilder Initiative. Global Citizen Journey is a nonprofit organization with a vision of deep and ongoing connections that build understanding and bridge cultural differences across continents. GCJ fosters journeys of discovery, where people meet heart to heart to create a culture of peace and world stewardship. For More information on Global citizen Journey: http://globalcitizenjourney.org/ Download the flyer HERE. - Please help us get the word out! Thanks!(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted)

Friday, April 23, 2010, 7:00 to 9:30 PM
Film: “GONZO – LIFE OF HUNTER S. THOMPSON”
(2008 min, Alex Gibney, 120 min)
From the producer of “Taxi to the Dark Side”, “Enron: the smartest guys in the room”, and “Money-Driven Medicine” comes a bio of the eccentric “Gonzo Journalist”. In examining Thompsons amazing life the film covers his career from sixties counterculture to the dirty tricks behind the ’72 presidential election and his “Battle of Aspen” Freak Power campaign for Sheriff in a parochial small town . We hear from a wide range of his acquaintances including Sonny Barger, Jimmy Carter, Ed Muskie, Pat Buchanan, Tom Wolfe and many more.Please join us for a facilitated conversation following the film! Download the flyer HERE. -Please help us get the word out! Thanks!
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted)

Friday, April 16, 2010, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFilm: "THE COVE" (90 min, Louie Psihoyos, 2009)Scott West will join us this evening to answer questions and bring us “the latest” on the current situation faced by dolphins and other sea mammals.
Scott served as the Tactics Officer on Board the Sea Shepherd ship Steve Irwin during the most recent Antarctic whale campaign. This campaign was filmed by Animal Planet and will be shown in the upcoming Season Three of Whale Wars expected to air this summer.
Also, Northwest Animal RightsNetwork will join us this evening, with information and ways to make a difference, in the lives of the animals we live amongst.
Academy Award Winner for Best Documentary of 2009, THE COVE follows an elite team of activists, filmmakers and freedivers as they embark on a covert mission to penetrate a remote and hidden cove in Taiji, Japan, shining a light on a dark and deadly secret. Utilizing state-of-the-art techniques, including hidden microphones and cameras in fake rocks, the team uncovers how this small seaside village serves as a horrifying microcosm of massive ecological crimes happening worldwide. The result is a provocative mix of investigative journalism, eco-adventure and arresting imagery, adding up to an unforgettable story that has inspired audiences worldwide to action.
Sea Shepherd http://www.seashepherd.org/
NARN http://www.narn.org/
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Friday, April 9, 2010, 6:30 to 9:30 PM“TRANSITION FRIDAY”!
FILM: "COAL COUNTRY"85 min, Phylis Geller and Mari-Lynn Evans, 2009 A TRANSITION FOCUS ON ENERGY- PART 1 …with COOLMOM.ORG, THE SIERRA CLUB, & EARTH MINISTRY; and: TRANSITION SEATTLE, & SUSTAINABLE WALLINGFORD! Come early at 6:30 PM for informal conversation with our guests!
(Film starts promptly at 7:00 PM).
“TRANSITION FRIDAYS”: COME JOIN US FOR AN EVENING FOCUSED ON POSITIVE SOLUTIONS AT A VERY LOCAL LEVEL - EVERY 2ND FRIDAY! TRANSITION ENERGY POINTS FOR THE EVENING: 1) We're addicted to fossil fuels, our source is drying up, and we need to kick the habit. We are close to or already past peaks for all fossil fuels.
2) We need to employ the energy we have left to build a Transition bridge to a clean energy future.
The documentary film, COAL COUNTRY, is a dramatic look at modern coal mining. We get to know working miners along with activists who are battling coal companies in Appalachia. We hear from miners and coal company officials, who are concerned about jobs and the economy and believe they are acting responsibly in bringing power to the American people.
Both sides in this conflict claim that history is on their side.
But what are the real issues re: energy. We need to understand the meaning behind promises of “cheap energy” and “clean coal.” Are they achievable? At what cost? And what are the true alternatives for our energy future? FIND OUT HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED IN A POSITIVE, LOCAL ENERGY FUTURE! JOIN US in an open discussion on building a bridge to a clean energy future: solar, wind, geothermal, local Community Supported Energy collectives, and more. Come learn about the campaign by THE SIERRA CLUB, in partnership with COOLMOM.ORG, to put pressure on Governor Gregoire to close the TransAlta Coal Power Plant in Chehalis. This plant produces 20% of Washington's electricity and is our state’s single biggest source of carbon dioxide, mercury and nitrogen oxide emissions. A TRANSITION FOCUS ON ENERGY - PART 2 will be on Friday, May 11
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More information at:
Sustainable Wallingford: http://greenwallingford.ning.com/
Transition Seattle: http://transitionseattle.com/
CoolMom: http://www.coolmom.org/coalfreeWA
The Sierra Club
: www.coalfreewashington.orgEarth Ministry: http://earthministry.org/
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted)

Friday, April 2, 2010, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFilm: "SHOVELING WATER: WAR ON DRUGS, WAR ON PEOPLE" (24 min, WFP, 2009) With representatives from WITNESS FOR PEACE, And A Report Back From Recent Colombia Delegations“SHOVELING WATER” is a journey to the heart of coca country in Colombia where U.S. tax dollars have financed chemical spraying of the Amazon for the past nine years in the ‘War On Drugs’.
Hear first hand testimony from people on the ground about the impacts and learn new ideas about how to solve this deadly problem. PLUS A SHORT FEATURE (13 min) examining extrajudicial killings at the hands of the U.S.-funded Colombian military. Since 2000, the U.S. government has provided nearly $5 billion in military and police funding to Colombia. Despite claims of an improved human rights record, thousands of civilians have been killed by this U.S.-funded military in recent years. Typical of human rights abuses in Colombia, there are astoundingly high rates of impunity for these killings.DISPLACEMENT IN COLOMBIA: With nearly five million Colombians forcibly displaced from their homes by a debilitating war, Colombia is now the second worst internal displacement crisis in the world. Between now and April 30, tens of thousands across the U.S. and Colombia will participate in this year’s National Days of Action for Colombia to call for a much-needed shift in U.S. policies toward the war-torn country. NATIONAL DAYS OF ACTION FOR COLOMBIA: Forty displaced Colombians have shared with us their powerful photos and harrowing stories of what it means to be displaced. Student, church, and community groups are coming together as part of the National Days of Action for Colombia to assemble the photos and statements into poignant portraits.
REGIONAL ORGANIZER, COLETTE COSNER, will facilitate a "FACE THE DISPLACED" gathering at Meaningful Movies, and attendees will take part in the creation of these powerful displays to be displaced later this month.
For more information on what Witness for Peace is doing, and how to get involved, please go to: www.witnessforpeace.org/northwestJoin us for a discussion with WFP on the real story in Colombia.Download the Flyer: Color or B&W. Please help us get the word out. Thanks! (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, March 26, 2010, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFilm: "HAITI: KILLING THE DREAM"(52 min, Babeth,Katherine Kean, Hart Perry, & Rudy Stern, 1993)Also featured will be a recent segment from Democracy Now! that showcases the film and discusses the current situation.The film starts with a background on Haiti's tragic history from the original Slave uprising in 1791 and focuses on the election of President Jean Bertrand Aristide and subsequent military coup of September 30, 1991 under suspicion of U.S. involvement. The program is narrated by Ossie Davis and along with local scenery and music includes interviews with the exiled Aristide, his cabinet, dissident clergy, underground resistance leaders, U.S. State Department officials, and a cross-section of Haitian people. (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted)

Friday, March 19, 2010, 6:30 to 9:30 PMFilm: “JANG AUR AMAN” (WAR AND PEACE)(Anand Patwardhan, 2002) - Doors open at 6:30PM with delicious homemade food from India and Pakistan. Film starts at 7. Our guests this evening are Prashant Nema, Srijan Chakraborty, Srinivas Akula, Rajeswari Harikrishnan from India, and Mona Akmal from Pakistan. Mona is the cocreator of Dreamfly, a non-profit organization that builds schools in Pakistan,
Afghanistan and India.

JANG AUR AMAN begins and ends with the ideas of Mahatma Gandhi. While exposing
the danger of nuclear war on the Indian subcontinent it derives power and emotional
appeal from the growing movement for peace both in India and in Pakistan."The film itself is a tour de force, beautifully shot and often darkly funny and much more riveting than the dry subject matter might suggest."
-The Guardian, UK "War and Peace" has a riveting intelligence all its own and earns its epic title. -The New York Times“We should listen to our voices of dissent for our own sake and for the sake of our children and their children. War and Peace is that voiceʼs most eloquent expression. Which is why it should be seen by everyone everywhere. In schools, in colleges, in factories, on television”
-The Times of India"Perhaps the most important film in this year's Berlin Film Festival" -Reuters

A LITTLE ABOUT THE FILMMAKER, ANAND PATWARDHAN... “To put it simply, Patwardhan, who turns sixty this February, is India's best-known and most respected documentary filmmaker. It has taken him an acute intelligence, an exceptional social conscience and more than three decades of solid hard work on several fronts to reach that position. But he is admired across
the subcontinent and beyond also as a fearless and indefatigable activist; a whistle-blower who spends a large part of his time writing and speaking and organizing protest. -- Vidyarthy Chatterjee IMDb February 2010Download the Flyer HERE!
More on the film and filmmaker: Here(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted)

Friday, March 12, 2010, 7:00 to 9:30 PM“TRANSITION FRIDAY”!
Film: "IN TRANSITION 1.0 -
FROM OIL DEPENDENCE TO LOCAL RESILIENCE" (49 min, Emma Goude, 2009), and a few short films…WITH LEO BRODIE FROM TRANSITION SEATTLE, AND CATHY TUTTLE FROM SUSTAINABLE WALLINGFORD. “TRANSITION FRIDAYS”: COME JOIN US FOR AN EVENING FOCUSED ON POSITIVE SOLUTIONS AT A VERY LOCAL LEVEL - EVERY 2ND FRIDAY! IN TRANSITION is the first detailed film about the Transition movement filmed by those that know it best, those who are making it happen on the ground. The Transition movement is about communities around the world responding to peak oil and climate change with creativity, imagination and humor, and setting about rebuilding their local economies and communities. It is positive, solutions focused, viral and fun.
We live at a fascinating point in history. The convergence of challenges, most particularly global warming and peak oil, have brought us to a point where we are profoundly challenged to act. The scale of the challenge is huge, and the obstacles are plenty. But something very powerful is stirring and is taking root the world over. There is an emerging energy to succeed, a sense of quickening, and an exhilaration in talking and listening to each other once again, to visioning what we want and then rolling up our sleeves and starting to co-create it. People are choosing life and are manifesting that in their lives and their communities.Facilitated discussion on the Transition Initiative forllowing the film.Download the Flyer HERE! (Black & White HERE) (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted

Friday, March 5, 2010, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFilm: “ON PAPER WINGS”(67 min, Ilana Sol, , 2008)...With the Filmmaker, ILANA SOL!
In the spring of 1945, a Japanese balloon bomb claimed the lives of the only people killed on the continental U.S. as the result of enemy action during WWII. Forty years later, the decision to fold a thousand paper cranes would unite the Japanese and American civilians who were involved in and affected by this incident. “On Paper Wings“ is the story of four Japanese women who worked on balloon bombs, the families of those killed in the U.S., and the man whose actions brought them all together forty years after WWII, and the balloon bomb project.
jOIN US FOR A FASCINATING DISCUSSION FOLLOWING THE FILM!
Download the Flyer HERE! (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted)

Friday, February 26, 2010, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFilm: “THE DIAMOND EMPIRE” (102 min, Janine Roberts, 1994)
This astonishing documentary investigates how an advertising slogan invented by Madison Avenue executives in 1948 has come to define our most intimate and romantic rituals and ideals. THE DIAMOND EMPIRE, which sent shockwaves through the transnational diamond industry when it first appeared, systematically takes apart the myth that "diamonds are forever."
It exposes how one white South African family, through a process of monopoly and fantasy, managed to exert control over the global flow of diamonds and change the very way we think about courtship, marriage, and love - an achievement all the more stunning given that diamonds are in fact neither scarce nor imperishable. Zeroing in on how "the diamond empire" managed to convert something valueless into one of the most coveted commodities in history, the film provides a riveting look at how marketing and consumer culture shape not only global trade and economics, but also our very identities.(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted

Friday, February 19, 2010, 7:00 to 9:30 PM
Film: "CUBA MIA: PORTRAIT OF AN ALL-WOMEN'S ORCHESTRA" (85 minutes, Cecilia Domeyko, 2005)
AN INCREDIBLE EVENING WITH THE US WOMEN AND CUBA COLLABORATION! ...don't miss this!
This award-winning (CINE Golden Eagle, Chicago Film Festival, World Music Festival) film was directed by Cecilia Domeyko, creator of dozens of films capturing the Latina/o experience in the US and Latin America. Featuring ten talented and beautiful musicians, playing the harmonies of Cuban soul, CUBA MIA demonstrates the power of music to cross boundaries. This story of the musicians of the all-woman Camerata Romeu is filled with dazzling faces and fiery performances that astonish and delight. By turns funny, angry, lyrical and moving, CUBA MIA takes us behind the scenes of a Revolution in progress -- that has prioritized gender and racial justice, investment in arts, music, culture and the politics of sexuality as essential to healthy human development -- and offers a slice of Cuban life seldom seen on the world's screens.
"If you liked Buena Vista Social Club, you'll love CUBA MIA!"
Discussion lead by members of the US Women and Cuba Collaboration will focus on the film's themes as well as contemporary US and Cuban relations and Cuba's role in humanitary aid and international solidarity with Haiti. The Collaboration is organizing a women's delegation to Cuba in March 2010; for details about the Delegation and the US Women & Cuba Collaboration, go to www.womenandcuba.org Co-sponsored with Seattle NOW (www.nowseattle.org)
Download the Flyer HERE (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Sunday, FEBRUARY 14, 2:00 to 4:00 PMFollowup Special Event To Start: SENIOR COHOUSING, AND OTHER OPTIONS FOR AGING IN YOUR COMMUNITY -
STUDY SESSION #1 BEGINS LOCATION:Northeast Library, 35th Ave NE & NE 68th Street, SeattleINTRODUCTION WAS HELD JANUARY 31st. BUT YOU CAN STILL JOIN THE FIRST WORK SESSION. THIS WILL CONTINUE EVERY 2 WEEKS FOR A TOTAL OF 10 SESSIONS. ...Please Come Join Us!
Envision your future lifestyle; discover the right solution for you! Join this newly formed, self-directed study group for ongoing exploration and discussion. FREE! Presented by: SEATTLE AIC.
Study Sessions Include:SESSION ONE: What is your Aging Scenario? - Are we in denial? - Sun, Feb14
SESSION TWO: Group Process: Working Together - Sun, Feb 28
SESSION THREE: The Realities of Getting Older - Sun, Mar 14
SESSION FOUR: Co-care and Outside Care - Sun, Mar 28
SESSION FIVE: Staying Healthy through Community - To Be Scheduled
SESSION SIX: The Economics of Getting Older
SESSION SEVEN: Philosophy, Spirituality, and Mortality
SESSION EIGHT: What do we have to offer the world? Growing into elderhood.
SESSION NINE: Risk and Responsibility
SESSION TEN: Case studies, fieldtrips: Looking at Communities SEATTLE AGING IN COMMUNITY is an independent group of Seattle area individuals exploring possibilities for active, enriching community based aging. Download the flyer HERE
For More Info: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SeattleAIC

Friday, February 12, 2010, 6:30 to 9:30 PM
Film: “FOOD, INC.” (93 minutes, Robert Kenner, 2009) (MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS every 2nd Friday Evening)Join us for a community discussion on our own local food security following the film. AND ...MEANINGFUL MOVIES' 7th ANNIVERSARY!CONE EARLY!Doors Open At 6:30 for Snacks, Casual Q & A, and Mingling.
Guests, listed below, will be on hand to answer questions and engage in conversation
about whatʼs happening with food and vision in Seattle.
In the film FOOD, INC., filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation's food
industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that's been hidden from the
American consumer with the consent of our government's regulatory agencies, USDA
and FDA. It features interviews with such experts as Eric Schlosser (Fast FoodNation), and Michael Pollan (The Omnivore's Dilemma)
FOOD, INC. reveals
surprising truths about what we eat, how it's produced, who we have become as a
nation and where we are going from here.GUESTS THIS EVENING :THRIVE(local, vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free, wheat-free, dairy-free, fatigue-free, and
wholly pro-bliss, pro-joy, pro-shine) CAFEwww.generationthrive.com
Our mission is to create an environment for you to be nourished and to unleash the physical
magnificence possible for all people. Our products and services are a testament to the
decadence of raw and living foods, demolishing the myth that to eat healthy you must
sacrifice deliciousness.TRIBE OF THEHEART, presents the documentary PEACEABLE KINGDOM, SeattlePremiere this Spring 2010 (tonight we'll see the trailer) www.peaceablekingdomfilm.org/
Peaceable Kingdom is a riveting story of transformation and healing. This new film
explores the awakening conscience of several people who grew up in traditional farming
culture and who have now come to question the basic premises of their inherited way of
life. NORTHWEST ANIMAL RIGHTS NETWORK - NARNwww.narn.org
NARN realizes the importance of providing support for the individual looking to live a life
of compassion, along with a need for campaigns aimed at enacting change in the
policies and practices of our governments, schools and businesses.COMMUNITY ALLIANCE FOR GLOBAL JUSTICE - CAGJwww.seattleglobaljustice.org
Community Alliance for Global Justice is an alliance of individuals and organizations
working in Seattle and the region who believe the global economy should embody the
core values of social justice, environmental sustainability, democracy and selfdetermination.AGRA WATCH - Film Nights starting in Februarywww.agrawatch.wordpress.com
AGRA Watch is a group of community members and activists whose objectives are to
monitor and question the Gates Foundationʼs participation in the Alliance for a Green
Revolution in Africa (AGRA).PCC NATURAL MARKETSwww.pccnaturalmarkets.com
Leika Suzumura, PCC Nutrition Educator and trained Registered Dietitian will join us to
answer questions and talk about PCCʼs Walk And Talk program.Join us for a community discussion on our own local food security following the film. Download the flyer HERE(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, February 5, 2010, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFilm: “ASPARAGUS! STALKING THE AMERICAN LIFE” (53 minutes, Kirsten Kelly and Anne de Mare, 2009)
For 30 years, Oceana County Michigan has been the Asparagus Capital of the World. Now its spear-struck residents and family farms take on the U.S. War on Drugs, Free Trade and a Fast Food Nation, all to save their beloved roots.
In Michigan, not only are thousands of union members out of work, the government is helping other countries grow asparagus as part of the war on drugs, creating unfair competition for farmers in Oceana County, once the Asparagus Capital of the World. But Michigan farmers are not giving up! These indomitable Michiganders struggle to find creative ways to save their livelihood and their beloved roots. This fascinating, award-winning film, called ‘oddly brilliant’ by New York Magazine, unveils the complex connections between community identity, farming, politics and trade.
Download the flyer here: color or black & white.(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted)

Sunday, January 31 , 2:00 to 4:00 PMSENIOR COHOUSING, AND OTHER OPTIONS FOR AGING IN YOUR COMMUNITY …AN INTERACTIVE CONVERSATION
NOTE: WE WILL ALSO CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION ON AGING IN COMMUNITY BEGUN AT FRIDAY (1/22) EVENING’S MEANINGFUL MOVIES SCREENING OF "MAGGIE GROWLS"LOCATION: Northeast Library, 35th Ave NE & NE 68th Street, Seattle
Envision your future lifestyle; discover the right solution for you! Join this newly formed, self-directed study group for ongoing exploration and discussion. FREE! Presented by: SEATTLE AIC.
SEATTLE AGING IN COMMUNITY is an independent group of Seattle area individuals exploring possibilities for active, enriching community based aging. Download the flyer HERE
For More Info: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SeattleAIC

Friday, January 29, 2010, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFilm: “MONEY DRIVEN MEDICINE”
(86 minutes, Jigsaw Productions & Gabriel Film Group, 2009)WITH DR. DAVID MCLANAHAN, CO-FOUNDER AND
COORDINATOR FOR THE WESTERN WASHINGTON CHAPTER OF PHYSICIANS FOR A NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAM.
MONEY-DRIVEN MEDICINE provides the essential introduction Americans need if they are to become knowledgeable participants in healthcare reform.
This illuminating documentary will help viewers distinguish between the structural changes we need and sham reform proposals. It will help them realize why a sound, sustainable medical infrastructure is crucial not just to their personal futures but to the economy and society as a whole, why curing America’s healthcare crisis is a matter of national life and death.
Join us following the film for a very meaningful discussion with Dr. McLanahan, Associate Professor Emeritus at the University of Washington School of Medicine, and surgeon emeritus at Pacific Medical Center . Please help us get the word out on this important topic.
Download the flyer here: color or black & white. (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted)

Friday, January 22, 2009, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFilm: “MAGGIE GROWLS”
(56 min, Barbara Attie and Janet Goldwater, 2003)“Speak your mind - even if your voice shakes, for well aimed slingshots can topple giants.” - Maggie Kuhn.
MAGGIE GROWLS is a documentary film portrait of the amazing, canny, lusty, charming and unstoppable Maggie Kuhn (1905-1995), who founded the Gray Panthers in 1970 after being forced to retire from a job she loved. Her outrage and determination fueled a political chain reaction that forever changed the lives of older Americans, repealing mandatory retirement laws and proving that "old" is not a dirty word.
With a disarming mixture of humor, shock value and common sense, Maggie went on to champion universal health care, nursing home reform, shared housing and consumer protection. Out of what political activist Ralph Nader called "the most significant retirement in modern American history," Maggie created one of the most potent social movements of the century - one that was committed to justice, peace and fairness to all, regardless of age. Join us following the film for a community discussion on active, vivacious aging; intergenerational connections and future living options such as Co-Housing: both Senior & Intergenerational.
download the flyer HERE!
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted

Friday, January 15, 2009, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFilm: “HOMO TOXICUS” (88 min, Carole Poliquin, 2009) A global experiment is in progress, and we are the guinea pigs. Everyday, tons of chemicals are released into the environment, without ever knowing how toxic they are. We are today bequeathing our toxic load to our children along with our DNA! “When we pollute nature, we end up polluted ourselves." David Suzuki
Download the Flyer HERE
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted)

Friday, January 8, 2009, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFilm: “THE YES MEN FIX THE WORLD” (87 min, Andy Bichlbaum & Mike Bonanno, 2009)The Yes Men ...Crusaders For Justice Against the Cult of Corporate Greed!
Who knew fixing the world could be so much fun? “THE YES MEN FIX THE WORLD” follows the political prankster group through a number of hilarious impersonations of some of the world's biggest corporations. In addition to covering the Yes Men's daring hoaxes, the film investigates and attacks the worship of the free market that has led so many corporations and government agencies to put profits above people. It ends with a rousing call to action, to give Obama the pressure he'll need to do what we've elected him for.
While the absurdity of their actions may amuse, THE YES MEN have a serious point to make: ...business as usual is no longer acceptable. “Comedic vigilante justice… Media savvy pie-to-the-face.” -USA Today.Download the Flyer HERE ...please help us get the word out.Please join us for a facilitated discussion following the film!

NOTE: NO FILMS
ON DEC 25th or JAN 1st
...we'll be back Friday, Jan 8th
Thanks Wallingford & Seattle for another great year of Meaningful Movies!
…nearly 7 years now!

Friday, December 18, 2009, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFilm: “DARIUS GOES WEST ” (92 min, Logan Smalley, 2007)
In this multi-award-winning documentary, fifteen-year-old Darius Weems and eleven of his best friends set off across America with the ultimate goal of getting his wheelchair customized on MTV’s Pimp My Ride. The result is a rarely seen testament to the explosive idealism of today’s youth, as well as a vivid portrayal of adventure, of brotherhood, and of the character and strength it takes to shed light on an uncertain future.
Not only does Darius Weems bravely face his own inevitable fate with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD), but through his unflinching humor and his extraordinary laugh, he sparks a revolution in the lives of everyone who crosses–and then shares–his courageous path.
Part revolution, part revelation, this film proves to people of all ages how life, even when imperfect, is always worth the ride.
DOWNLOAD THE FLYER HERE(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Thursday, December 17, 2009, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFilm: "THE YES MEN" (…Their First Movie) (82 min, Chris Smith, Dan Ollman, 2005)…THIS IS PART OF THE GLOBAL JUSTICE FORWARD FILM SERIES. Henry Art Gallery Associate Curator SARA KRAJEWSKI will introduce the film. At the Henry Art Gallery - 15th Ave NE and NE 41st St, University of Washington CampusFREE to Henry Members and students w/ID; $5 general admission.
Yes Men Andy Bichlbaum & Mike Bonanno parody the official website of the World Trade Organization (www.gatt.org) with a mock site so convincing that visitors miss the ruse and start sending event invitations. With poker-faced impersonation as their weapon and corporate irresponsibility as their target, the Yes Men pull off a series of increasingly bold pranks.
This is this is part of the GLOBAL JUSTICE FORWARD FILM SERIES, presented by Henry Art Gallery, Community Alliance for Global Justice, Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies, & The Meaningful Movies Project.
Link for Henry website: www.henryart.org
More info on film: http://theyesmen.org/movies/theyesmen (NOTE: Don't miss the Yes Men’s new film, “THE YES MEN FIX THE WORLD” which will be showing at the Meaningful Movies regular venue on January 8th for our first film of the New Year! - see below).

December 10, 11 & 17, 2009, 7:00 PMMeaningful Movies is helping host the remainder of the Global Justice Foward Film Series, for the WTO-Seattle 10th AnniversaryDownload the flyer HERE

Friday, December 11, 2009, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFilm: “CHINA BLUE” (88 min, Micha X. Peled, 2006) …THIS IS PART OF THE GLOBAL JUSTICE FORWARD FILM SERIES. WITH KRISTEN BEIFUS - Director, Washington Fair Trade Coalition. At our regular venue at 5019 Keystone Place N.
Join us for a Facilitated Discussion on Sweatshop Labor & Fair Trade.
A clandestinely shot, deep-access account of how the clothes we buy are actually made.
Like no other film before, CHINA BLUE is a powerful and poignant journey into the harsh world of sweatshop workers. Shot clandestinely, this is a deep-access account of what both China and the international retailers don't want us to see: how the clothes we buy are actually made.
Following a pair of denim jeans from birth to sale, CHINA BLUE links the power of the U.S. consumer market to the daily lives of a Chinese factory owner and two teenaged female factory workers. Filmed both in the factory and in the workers' faraway village, this documentary provides a rare, human glimpse at China's rapid transformation into a free market society. Download the flyerHERE.
More information on Washington Fair Trade Coalition:www.washingtonfairtrade.org(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Thursday, December 10, 2009, 7:00 PM“ARGENTINA - HOPE IN HARD TIMES” (74 minutes, 2005)...THIS IS PART OF THE GLOBAL JUSTICE FORWARD FILM SERIES.With the filmmakers MELISSA YOUNG & MARK DWORKIN.At the Henry Art Gallery - 15th Ave NE and NE 41st St, University of Washington Campus
FREE to Henry Members and students w/ID; $5 general admission
Seattle filmmakers Mark Dworkin and Melissa Young document creative and inspiring grassroots effort to rebuild communities in the aftermath of Argentina’s 1999 economic collapse. Join in the processions and protests, attend street-corner neighborhood assemblies, visit workers' cooperatives and urban gardens, and take a close-up look at Argentines who are picking up the pieces of their devastated economy and creating new possibilities for the future. Filmmakers Mark Dworkin and Melissa Young will be in attendance for a post-screening Q&A.
This is this is part of the GLOBAL JUSTICE FORWARD FILM SERIES, presented by Henry Art Gallery, Community Alliance for Global Justice, Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies, & The Meaningful Movies Project.
Link for Henry website: www.henryart.org
More info on film: http://www.bullfrogfilms.com/catalog/arg.html and http://www.movingimages.org

Friday, December 4, 2009, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFilm: “END OF THE LINE” (90 min, Rupert Murray, 2009)
Imagine an ocean without fish. Imagine your meals without seafood. Imagine the global consequences. This is the future if we do not stop, think and act. THE END OF THE LINE is the first major feature documentary film revealing the impact of overfishing on our oceans. In the film we see firsthand the effects of our global love affair with fish as food.
It examines the imminent extinction of bluefin tuna, brought on by increasing western demand for sushi; the impact on marine life resulting in huge overpopulation of jellyfish; and the profound implications of a future world with no fish, that would bring certain mass starvation.
Filmed across the world – from the Straits of Gibraltar to the coasts of Senegal and Alaska to the Tokyo fish market – featuring top scientists, indigenous fishermen and fisheries enforcement officials, THE END OF THE LINE is a wake-up call to the world.DOWNLOAD THE FLYERHERE(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Today through Thursday, December 3, 2009, 7:00PM and again at 9:00PM ...continuing at Northwest Film Forum “THE YES MEN FIX THE WORLD”(NOTE:
These screenings will NOT BE AT KEYSTONE) Location: The Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Ave (between Pike & Pine).
The Meaningful Movies Project will be helping support this screening for
The 10th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION of WTO SEATTLE 1999 , along with Northwest Film Forum (www.nwfilmforum.org), KBCS 91.3fm (www.kbcs.fm), Reclaim The Media (www.reclaimthemedia.org) and the Seattle+10 Organizing Committee (www.seattleplus10.org).the Yes Men ...Crusaders For Justice Against the Cult of Corporate Greed!
Who knew fixing the world could be so much fun? “THE YES MEN FIX THE WORLD” (87 min, Andy Bichlbaum & Mike Bonanno, 2009) follows the political prankster group through a number of hilarious impersonations of some of the world's biggest corporations. In addition to covering the Yes Men's daring hoaxes, the film investigates and attacks the worship of the free market that has led so many corporations and government agencies to put profits above people. It ends with a rousing call to action, to give Obama the pressure he'll need to do what we've elected him for.
While the absurdity of their actions may amuse, THE YES MEN have a serious point to make: ...business as usual is no longer acceptable. “Comedic vigilante justice… Media savvy pie-to-the-face.” -USA Today.
Friday’s event is a fundraiser to help support the Seattle+10 Week of Action. For more information on the WTO 10th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION, go to: http://seattleplus10.org/DOWNLOAD THE FLYERHERE. For tickets: www.nwfilmforum.org or www.brownpapertickets.org
CHECK OUT THE YES MEN'S LATEST ACTION!: "The Yes Men Pull Off Prank Claiming US Chamber of Commerce Had Changed Its Stance on Climate Change":http://www.democracynow.org/2009/10/20/yes_men_pull_off_prank_claimingAlso: AN AFTERPARTY at Hidmo, 2000 S Jackson St (20th and Jackson)

Friday, November 27, 2009, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFilm: "MALL R US" (78 min, Helene Klodawsky, 2009)(This will be screened at our regular venue at Keystone.)
In recognition of BUY NOTHING DAY.
Combining nostalgia, dazzling architecture, pop culture, economics and politics, MALLS R US examines North America's most popular and profitable suburban destination-the enclosed shopping center-and how for consumers they function as a communal, even ceremonial experience and, for retailers, sites where their idealism, passion and greed merge.
MALLS R US discusses the psychological appeal of malls to consumers, how architects design their environments to combine consumerism with nature and spectacle, how suburban shopping centers impart social values, how malls are transforming the traditional notions of community, social space and human interaction, and shows nostalgic mall fans who commemorate the closing of older malls.DOWNLOAD THE FLYERHERE.
November 27th is “BUY NOTHING DAY.”
For more info: http://www.adbusters.org/campaigns/bnd (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, November 20, 2009, 7:00 to 9:30 PMDouble Feature:“NO LOGO - BRANDS, GLOBALIZATION & RESISTANCE”(40 min, Sut Jhally, 2003)Coming up on November 27th, is the heaviest shopping day of the year. It's also "Buy Nothing Day" (celebrated on the 28th in the UK) ...a moratorium against consumerism. A 24 hour detox!
In the age of the brand, logos are everywhere. But why do some of the world's best-known brands find themselves on the wrong end of the spray paint can -- the targets of anti-corporate campaigns by activists and protesters?
Based on the best-selling book by Canadian journalist and activist Naomi Klein, reveals the reasons behind the backlash against the increasing economic and cultural reach of multinational companies. Analyzing how brands like Nike, The Gap, and Tommy Hilfiger became revered symbols worldwide, Klein argues that globalization is a process whereby corporations discovered that profits lay not in making products (outsourced to low-wage workers in developing countries), but in creating branded identities people adopt in their lifestyles.
...AND:“ADVERTISING AND THE END OF THE WORLD”
(46 min, Sut Jhally, 1997)
Focusing directly on the world of commercial images, the film asks some basic questions about the cultural messages emanating from this market-based view of the world: Do our present arrangements deliver what they claim -- happiness and satisfaction? Can we think about our collective as well as our private interests? And, can we think long-term as well as short-term?
Making the connection between society's high-consumption lifestyle and the coming environmental crisis, Jhally forces us to evaluate the physical and material costs of the consumer society and how long we can maintain our present level of production. Download the flyer HEREMore info on "Buy Nothing Day" on Nov 27th: http://www.buynothingday.co.uk/ and https://www.adbusters.org/campaigns/bnd(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, November 13, 2009, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFilm: “BEYOND ELECTIONS
REDEFINING DEMOCRACY IN THE AMERICAS” (114 min, Michael Fox & Silvia Leindecker, 2008)
BEYOND ELECTIONS is a journey, which takes us across the Americas, in an attempt to answer one of the most important questions of our time: What is Democracy?
"Beyond Elections proves that democracy can and should be more than casting a ballot every four years. This empowering documentary gives hopeful and concrete examples from around the Americas of people taking back the reins of power and governing their own communities. Beyond Elections is a road map for social change, drawing from communal councils in Venezuela and social movements in Bolivia to participatory budgeting in Brazil and worker cooperatives in Argentina. The film gracefully succeeds in demonstrating that these grassroots examples of people's power can be applied anywhere. Particularly as activists in the US face the challenges of an Obama administration and an economic crisis, this timely documentary shows that the revolution can start today right in your own living room or neighborhood." ~ Ben Dangl, editor, Upside Down World
Download the flyer HERE(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, November 6, 2009, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFilm: “MONEY AS DEBT II
…Promises Unleashed ”
(77 min, Paul Grignon, 2008)
The sequel to Money as Debt, the animated exposé of our debt-money system. Bailouts, stimulus packages, debt piled upon debt, where will it all end? How did we get into a situation where there has never been more material wealth & productivity and yet everyone is in debt to bankers? And now, all of a sudden, the bankers have no money and we the taxpayers, have to rescue them by going even further into debt! Money as Debt II Explores the baffling, fraudulent and destructive arithmetic of the money system that holds us hostage to a forever growing DEBT...and how w might evolve beyond it into a new era.
Download the flyer HERE(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, October 30, 2009, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFilm: “RETHINK AFGHANISTAN”
(81 min, Robert Greenwald, 2009)
RETHINK AFGHANISTAN focuses on the key issues surrounding this war. Diverse testimony, including a segment presenting many women of Afghanistan, covers both problems and solutions, while graphic footage of civilian casualties from U.S. air strikes illustrates why military force is ineffective at solving Afghanistan's many problems. Hear from veterans of the war as they testify to Congress about facts on the ground.
Download the flyer HERE. (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, October 23, 2009, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFilm: “THE LAST BEEKEEPER” (67 min, World of Wonder Productions, 2009; Jeremy Simmons, Fenton Bailey, & Randy Barbato)WITH DR. EVAN SUGDEN, PhD. - ENTOMOLOGIST, UW LECTURER, BEEKEEPER AND CONSULTANT
Bees are vanishing. Examining the enormity of this loss, Jeremy Simmons' documentary THE LAST BEEKEEPER follows the lives of three commercial beekeepers (from South Carolina, Montana, and Washington) over the course of a year as they struggle with Colony Collapse Disorder. When they take their bees to California's enormous annual almond pollination (an event so large it requires nearly all the bees in the US), it becomes painfully and poignantly clear the bind they are in. "If all the bees die, what do you have to live for?" asks one of the beekeepers. It's a question for all of us.
Evan Sugden is a beekeeper and entomologist currently teaching at the University of Washington. He earned a doctoral degree at the University of California at Davis specializing in pollination and bee biology. Evan also runs a pollination business, selling Blue Orchard Bees and honey.
More information at: http://www.pollinatorparadise.com/ andhttp://www.biology.washington.edu/index.html?navID=42&parecID=357
See an interview with the filmmaker: http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tv/reel-impact/beekeeper-interview-director.html. Following the film, Evan will be joining us to answer questions …and he'll be bringing honey from his hives for a honey tasting!
Please download the flyer HERE. Please help us get the word out! -Thanks! (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, October 16, 2009, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFilm: “THE MANY FACES OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING”A Selection of Photographs, Short Films and Multi-Media Works-BY TIM MATSUI, HUMAN RIGHTS PHOTOGRAPHERThe face of human trafficking is far too broad to be encompassed in just one story. From the other side of the earth to just next door, this presentation brings together numerous stories in photographs, film and storytelling, to paint a picture of modern day slavery. Tim Matsui embraces a passion for social justice, an interest in human security, and a commitment to affect positive change through the telling of people’s stories.
Tim will show and discuss his documentary work in Cambodia where he was reporting on human trafficking. To give perspective and provide stronger facilitated discussion, he will also show an interview with Kevin Bales talking about his new book "The Slave Next Door," and will show a recent ABC Nightline story on sex tourism in Cambodia. From this more global perspective, Tim will bring the discussion home to the Puget Sound and recent efforts by the City of Seattle to address human trafficking in our home town. “Working with sexual violence and human trafficking has shown me resilience; in even the hardest of stories people can find their voice and regain a future. …Because the human condition can be difficult to witness, I look for stories of hope. Otherwise, for many, it is too much and they turn away.”
Following the presentation, please join us for a facilitated discussion.
To see more of Tim Matsui’s photographs and learn more about his projects, go to: http://timmatsui.com/ Download the Flyer HERE
Please help us get the word out if you can. Thanks! (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted)

Saturday, October 10, 2009, 7:00 PMSPECIAL EVENT!! ...Please Support ThisBENEFIT SHOWING OF THE FILM: "BROKEN RAINBOW" for the BIG MOUNTAIN 18TH ANNUAL FOOD DRIVE
LOCATION: Keystone Church 5019 Keystone Place North, WallingfordFilm: “BROKEN RAINBOW” (70 minutes, Maria Florio and Victoria Mudd, 1985, with a 2006 update)
BROKEN RAINBOW presents a moving account of the forced relocation of 12,000 Navajo Indians that is currently taking place in Northern Arizona. The United States government claims that by moving the Navajo off the land, it is settling a long standing territorial dispute between the Navajo and the Hope Tribes. To the traditional Navajo and Hopi, there is no dispute. They believe relocation was designed to facilitate energy development.
Beautifully photographed and scored, Broken Rainbow captures the majesty of sacred Indian lands, and the devastating effect that mining, forced relocation and stock reduction has had on the land and its people. Broken Rainbow speaks for all indigenous people who are struggling to survive as individuals and as distinct cultures in the face of the Earth herself, as it has become impossible in America today to separate environment issues from Native American survival.
$10 Suggested Donation - Refreshments Served.
This is a benefit show to support the 18th annual food supply run providing aid to families resisting forced relocation from their ancestral homelands on Black Mesa and Big Mountain, Arizona.DOWNLOAD THE FLYER: HEREMORE INFO ON BIG MESA: HERE
...MEANINGFUL MOVIES will be assisting with the screening.

Friday, October 9, 2009, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFilm: “SAND AND SORROW" (94 min, Paul Freedman, 2008) -The Tragic Story of Darfur
While analyzing the historical events that have given rise to an Arab-dominated government's willingness to kill and displace its own indigenous African people, “Sand and Sorrow” also examines the international community's “legacy of failure” to respond to such profound crimes against humanity in the past.
John Prendergast, Samantha Power, and New York Times columnist Nick Kristof, lead the viewer through burgeoning refugee camps along the Chad-Sudan border, past mass graves inside Darfur itself, and into offices of the United States Senate to plead on behalf of the innocents of Darfur.
But while immersed in the despairing crisis of our time, Freedman manages to give voice to the ever-growing and inspiring movement of those who wish to make “Never Again” finally mean something. DOWNLOAD THE FLYER HERE(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, October 2, 2009, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFilm: "THE RELEASED” (60 MIN, Miri Navasky and Karen O’Connor 2009) WITH TIM HARRIS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF REAL CHANGETHE RELEASED examines what happens to the mentally ill when they leave prison and why they return at such alarming rates. The intimate stories of the released-along with interviews with parole officers, social workers, and psychiatrists-provide a rare look at the lives of the mentally ill as they struggle to stay out of prison and reintegrate into society.
Please join us following the film for a facilitated discussion on homelessness and the criminalization of poverty.Download the Flyer HERE. Please help us get the word out. - Thanks!(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, September 25, 2009, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFilm: “VEER” (98 min, Greg Fredette, 2009) …AN INTIMATE, BEHIND THE SCENES LOOK AT BICYCLE CULTURE. With Spokespeople, Cascade Bicycle Club, Bike Works, Totcycle, and others.
Veer explores America’s fast-growing bicycling culture by profiling five people whose lives are inextricably tied to bicycling and the bike-centric social groups they belong to. Portland filmmakers, Greg Fredette & Jason Turner, follow these characters over the course of a year, offering a behind-the-scenes look at their personal struggles and triumphs. Veers examine what it means to be part of a community, and how social movements are formed.Following the film, join us in a facilitated discussion on local bike culture and biking in Seattle.
"As funky as a chrome-plated unicycle and as instructive as a Bike to Work Week seminar, this tasty slice of Pacific Northwest cycling culture should fascinate anyone who prefers life on two wheels… Portland director Greg Fredette obviously knows his audience well and packs this fascinating doc with enough bike politics, culture, anarchy, art and people-profiles to make it a must-see for anyone who cares about bikes and their ever-increasing place in our daily lives.” -Monday Magazine Download the Flyer HERE. (11x17 Flyer HERE). Please help us get the word out. - Thanks!(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, September 18, 2009, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFilm: “SOLDIERS OF CONSCIENCE” (54 min, Gary Weimberg, Catherine Ryan, 2007)
AN EVENING DEDICATED TO THE REALITIES OF MILITARY RECRUITING - With representatives from Washington Truth In Recruiting (WATiR) …Could you kill another human being? for your nation? …even if your life depended on it? SOLDIERS OF CONSCIENCE is a dramatic window on the dilemma of individual U.S. soldiers in the current Iraq War – when their finger is on the trigger and another human being is in their gun-sight. Made with cooperation from the U.S. Army and narrated by Peter Coyote, the film profiles eight American soldiers, including four who decide not to kill, and become conscientious objectors; and four who believe in their duty to kill if necessary. The film reveals all of them wrestling with the morality of killing in war, not as a philosophical problem, but as soldiers experience it - a split-second decision in combat that can never be forgotten or undone. In SOLDIERS OF CONSCIENCE, filmmakers Weimberg and Ryan present an unflinching portrait of the mental and emotional burdens carried by soldiers through their own personal stories. Please join us for an informative evening with Washington Truth in Recruiting on current recruiting practices in our high schools. WATiR provides factual information to school personnel, parents, students, and members of the community regarding issues of recruiter access to students, deceptive recruiting practices, military contracts and their limitations, the use of military materials including aptitude tests in the schools, and the rights of students and parents to limit recruiter access to personal information, what recruiters don't tell you about military service, and the broader issues of militarization of our public schools.…ALSO: The Short Film: “BEFORE YOU ENLIST”
(14 min, AFSC, 2006) Download the Flyer HERE.Please help us get the word out. - Thanks! (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Saturday, September 12, 2009, 6:30 PMSPECIAL EVENT!!LETTUCE LINK OUTDOOR MOVIE
AT MARRA FARM: “WHAT’S ON YOUR PLATE?”
Marra Farm 9026 4th Avenue S (South Park Neighborhood) Bus Routes #: 60, 131, 132 & 134. (<<NOTE LOCATION)
Help support Lettuce Link projects - Giving Garden & Children’s gardening education at Marra Farm, city-wide Fruit Tree Harvesting, Urban Growing and Giving - and watch a cool new flick about kids and food politics.
6:30 PM: Welcome, tour of farm & light refreshments.
Dusk: Movie begins.
Price: $15 ticket price includes tour of farm, refreshments and movie. BONUS: First 20 people to purchase their ticket will get a Lettuce Link canvas tote bag. Come early, bring blankets and enjoy the show. The film: “WHAT’S ON YOUR PLATE?” - The documentary film about kids and food politics…
We are, for the first time in our history, at the unenviable moment when our unhealthy diet and lack of education surrounding our food supply, has combined to foment the perfect storm that is taking us toward extinction. If we do not change what we feed our children and teach them about their food supply and the symbiotic relationship between a healthy planet, healthy food and healthy bodies - this path will become a reality.It's an 11-year-old's take of Omnivore's Dilemma in a film for people to really be able to take it in bite sized pieces and understand it. – Debra Eschmeyer, of the National Farm to School Network and the Center for Food & Justice
Questions contact: Teresa Mares – tmares@u.washington.edu
or Anna Ramos - annar@solid-ground.org
To purchase tickets & for more information: www.solid-ground.org/News/OutdoorMovie...MEANINGFUL MOVIES will be assisting with the screening
FLYER AVAILABLE HERE!- Bring your friends! - Go To the MAP HERE!

Friday, September 11, 2009, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFilm: “HEROES FRAGILES” (87 min, Emilio Pacull, 2007) …CHILE’S 9/11. With special guestsCOMITÉ DE JUSTICIA Y SOLIDARIDAD EN CHILEThrough historic footage and amazingly candid modern day interviews with principals on both sides of the issue at the time, HEROES FRAGILES presents the events of the Chilean Military Coup d’état that removed democratically elected Socialist President Salvador Allende on September 11, 1973, and installed dictator Augusto Pinochet. The event is a classic illustration of the extreme difficulty of maintaining a democratic system in the face of wealthy and powerful forces exerting influence on military and media.
The Chilean Coup was also an iconic expose: of US foreign policy driving covert intervention that resulted in the destruction of a fledgling democracy, and how the motivations behind that policy were a mix of the fear of Communist expansion and the promotion of US corporate interests in the third world. Please join us following the film for a facilitated community discussion with The Seattle Committee of Solidarity and Justice in Chile, a group of Chilean individuals that came to the U.S. as political exiles in the late 70's. Their main goal now is to inform, educate, and create awareness among the community, and assure that people's rights are respected. Download the Flyer HERE.Please help us get the word out. - Thanks! (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

FOLLOWUP: If you would like to get involved with Human Rights issues in Chile, please contact The Seattle Committee of Solidarity and Justice in Chile at: bmendoza52@hotmail.com

Friday, September 4, 2009, 7:00 to 9:30 PMFilm: “HOME” - THE DOCUMENTARY(95 min, Yann Arthus-Bertrand, 2009)
In 200,000 years on Earth, humanity has upset the balance of the planet, established by nearly four billion years of evolution. The price to pay is high, but it is too late to be a pessimist: humanity has barely ten years to reverse the trend, become aware of the full extent of its spoliation of the Earth’s riches and change its patterns of consumption. HOME is an ode to the planet’s beauty and its delicate harmony. Through the landscapes of 54 countries captured from above, Yann Arthus-Bertrand takes us on a unique journey all around the planet, to contemplate it and to understand it.
But HOME is more than a documentary with a message; it is a magnificent movie in its own right. Every breathtaking shot shows the Earth -- our Earth -- as we have never seen it before. Every image shows the Earth’s treasures we are destroying and all the wonders we can still preserve. Our vision becomes more immediate, intuitive and emotional. HOME awakens in us the awareness that is needed to change the way we see the world. Download the Flyer HERE.Please help us get the word out. - Thanks! (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

OFF FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST

Friday, July 31, 7:00-9:30 PM
Film: "WHY SEX?"
...And Our Last Film for the Season
In evolutionary terms, sex is more important than life itself. Sex fuels evolutionary change by adding variation to the gene pool. The powerful urge to pass our genes on to the next generation has likely changed the face of human culture in ways we're only beginning to understand. Does art, literature, music, and in fact all of human culture ultimately result from our sexual drives?(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, July 24, 7:00-9:30 PM
Film: “BACK TO THE GARDEN, FLOWER POWER COMES FULL CIRCLE”(70 min, Kevin Tomlinson, 2009) WITH THE DIRECTOR, KEVIN TOLINSON
...Where have all the flower children gone?
In 1988, Kevin Tomlinson asked himself that question. At a large “Healing Gathering” in rural Washington State, he interviewed a group of back-to-the-land Hippies who were thriving in the eighties—independent of the culture
that had forgotten them.
Almost 20 years later, in 2006, Tomlinson sought out his subjects again to find out what had become of their off-grid, backcountry families, searching for environmental utopia while living out their sixties’ ideals. Most of all, he wanted to find out whether their country dreams of a better life had held together—or did they return to the mainstream as many had in the nineties? The adventure that followed speaks to all of us who were affected by the counterculture. These aging back-to-the-land hippies and their tribal families, firmly insulated from global economic shocks and living a lifestyle emphasizing sustainability, simplicity and community, heralded a resurrection of alternative values which presage today’s green movement, and now seems wiser than ever. More info on the film: http://www.backtothegardenfilm.com/Join us in a facilitated discussion with the Director, Kevin Tomlinson!
Please download the flyer and distribute if you can: http://meaningfulmovies.org/images/Flyers/Back_To_The_Garden_Flyer.pdf(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

FILM 1: “THE HISTORY OF OIL” - 11:00 AM (46 min, Robert Newman, 2007)
Everything you need to know about war, peace, propaganda, the origins of WWI, WWII, Peak Oil, The War on Iraq, The War on Iran and the Western Crusade for Middle Eastern Democracy, all delivered at locomotive speed by British stand-up comic/sage Robert Newman. Filmed live on the bicycle-powered stage in London, Mr. Newman delivers a rapid-fire political-historical enema that lets you laugh as you learn the truth about everything. Mr. Newman is highly praised producer of the CDs “Apoclypso Now”, “From Caliban to the Taliban” and “Resistance is Fertile”. His critically acclaimed best-selling third novel, “The Fountain at the Center of the Universe”, is about loss and hope, identity and belief, assassination and passport-theft, set around the world from refugee detention centers to a Welsh trawler to tropical disease hospitals to the Seattle WTO protests, tear gas and rubber bullets. The NY Times has described Robert Newman as Tom Wolfe inside the head of Noam Chomsky. “Newman's is a kind of Revolutionary Renaissance stand-up and it is absolutely wonderful. His comedy probably has more constituent parts than any other comic's, and the whole is still greater than the sum of those parts. Firstly he is very, very funny. He can be witty, satirical and surreal in turn, and every so often will pull out a brilliant impression, just to remind us that he has more strings to his comedic bow than are attached to a World Bank loan.” - FIVE STARS The Scotsman Monday 8/15/05 (commenting on “Apocolypso Now”).FILM 2: “KILOWATT OURS” - 12:30 PM (65 min, Jeff Barrie, 2004)
KILOWATT OURS reveals the underreported side effects resulting from America’s voracious appetite for coal-generated electricity, and alternatives that give hope for the future.
Q: What would you find if you traced the wires from your light switch to the energy source?
A: Mountain top removal? global warming? childhood asthma? … or hope?
Vice President Dick Cheney, in his well-known energy policy speech of April 30, 2001, claimed that America must build 1900 new power plants by 2020. That is one new power plant per week for the next two decades in order to meet projected electricity demands. “KILOWATT OURS” challenges this assertion by presenting hope filled alternatives based on conservation, efficiency and renewable power. FILM 3: “BLIND SPOT”- 2:00 PM (86 min, Adolfo Doring, 2008)
BLIND SPOT is a documentary that investigates the causes behind the reasons for the current crisis we find ourselves in. It establishes the inextricable link between the energy we use, the way we run our economy and the effect it has had on our environment. It takes as a starting point the inevitable energy depletion scenario know as Peak Oil to inform us that by whatever measure of greed, wishful thinking, neglect or ignorance, we are at a crossroad which offers two paths, both with dire consequences. If we continue to burn fossil fuels our ecology will collapse and if we don’t, our economy will. Either path we choose to take will have a profound effect on our way of life.
"Blind Spot is a fascinating documentary, it draws on some of the most impressive scientific minds to warn us about the dangers of our dependence on oil and educate us about our role in saving the earth and the lives of our children. I was transfixed by it." -Howard Zinn

Friday, July 17, 7:00-9:30 PM
Film: "FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION: RESISTANCE & REPRESSION IN AN AGE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY" (Kembrew McLeod & Jeremy Smith, 60 min, 2007)
WITH STEVEN REISLER, CHAIR OF THE SEATTLE CHAPTER OF THE NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD
In 1998, university professor Kembrew McLeod (Associate Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Iowa) trademarked the phrase "freedom of expression" - a startling comment on the way that intellectual property law restricts creativity and expression of ideas. This provocative and amusing documentary explores the battles being waged in courts, classrooms, museums, film studios, and the Internet over control of our cultural commons. "This smartly-made and seriously funny documentary provides an aerial view of the battleground that is today's copyright landscape. Illustrating the comments of many well-known critics of runaway copyright & trademark law with apt audiovisual examples, FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION succeeds as an engaging and concrete presentation." - Peter Jaszi, Professor of Law, Washington College of Law.Download the flyer HERE! Please post if you can. (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, July 10, 7:00-9:30 PM
Film: “REBUILDING HOPE” (SNEAK PEEK!) - WITH THE FILMMAKER: JEN MARLOWE(78 min, Jen Marlowe, 2009) ...Co-sponsored by the City of Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs. Join us for a Sneak Peek of this soon-to-be-released film: "REBUILDING HOPE", a great new documentary by filmmaker Jen Marlowe (Darfur Diaries), features Gabriel Bol Deng, Koor Garang and Garang Mayuol, who were born in South Sudan.
In 1987, as young children, they were forced to flee when militiamen led violent attacks on their villages. They crossed Southern Sudan on foot, reaching safety in refugee camps in Ethiopia and Kenya. They came to the U.S. in 2001 as part of a large number of Southern Sudanese young men nicknamed “Lost Boys.”
In 2007, Jen Marlowe accompanied these young men on their return to Sudan. The film documents Gabriel Bol, Koor, and Garang in their quest to find surviving family-members and rediscover and contribute to their homeland; it also sheds light on what the future holds for South Sudan in its struggle for peace, development and stability. Please join us in a facilitated discussion on the current situation in Sudan with filmmaker, JEN MARLOWE.For more information: http://www.rebuildinghopesudan.org/Download the flyer HERE.
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, July 3, 7:00-9:30 PMFilm: “WE ALL FALL DOWN: THE AMERICAN MORTGAGE CRISIS”(65 min, Gary Gasgarth and Kevin Stocklin, 2009)
This timely and informative documentary chronicles the history of America's mortgage finance system, from its origins in the 1930s, when the federal government first made available long-term, fixed-rate loans to new American homeowners, to its current state of crisis, after an excess of risky mortgage financing led to the system's collapse, which in turn triggered a wider economic recession. WE ALL FALL DOWN features dozens of clearly understandable interviews and commentary from a wide variety of industry experts and Wall Street insiders, including mortgage brokers, appraisers, bankers, lawyers, analysts, sellers and buyers, and economics scholars. The film concludes with an analysis of the economic and political impact of the collapse of the mortgage finance system on American society, now and likely for decades to come. Download the Flyer HERE(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, June 26, 2009, 7:00-9:30 PMFilm: “THE GREAT SQUEEZE”(67 min, Christophe Fauchere, 2009)And a Special Film Short: “GLOBAL WARMING”With the film's producer and director, Damon O’Grady THE GREAT SQUEEZE explores our current ecological and economic crisis stemming from our dependence on cheap and abundant energy. Although our actions for the past 150 years have lifted our civilization to new heights, it has come at a tremen`dous price. We are now at a point where humanity's demands for natural resources far exceed the earth's capacity to sustain us. The extraction and the consumption of these resources in the past two centuries have changed our climate and ecosystems so significantly, that a new geological era had to be created. Download the Flyer HERE(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, June 19, 2009, 7:00-9:30 PMFilm: “MONUMENTAL: DAVID BROWER'S FIGHT FOR WILD AMERICA” (88 min, Kelly Duane, 2004)
From the moment David Brower first witnessed the extraordinary beauty of the Yosemite Valley, his life was tied to the fight to preserve the American wilds for future generations. Not since John Muir had an American fought so hard, or been more successful, in protecting our natural heritage. His fiery dedication and activism helped inspire the modern day environmental movement. Explored is the beautiful, dramatic, and lyrical story of Brower and his colleagues' unrelenting campaigns--fought through lobbying, art, and hard hitting advertising-to-protect and establish some our most treasured national parks.
Downlad the Flyer HERE.
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, June 12, 2009, 7:00-9:30 PMFilm: “MAD CITY CHICKENS”
(80 min, Tashai Lovington and Robert Lughai)
WITH THE FILMMAKERS: TASHAI LOVINGTON AND ROBERT LUGHAI,
AND WITH SEATTLE TILTH!!
...The Chickens Are Coming! The Chickens Are Coming!
Witness if you will Gallus Domesticus…the backyard chicken. A mere few pounds of feather, bone, and muscle; a creature regarded by many as a rather humorous, though not so intelligent agent of food production.
And yet make note of a most singular phenomenon now taking shape across suburb and city. From backyard eggs to the family’s new favorite pet, the urban chicken is forging a fresh place in the pecking order of human importance.Mad City Chickens deftly weaves multiple stories and contextual issues on city chickens and their keepers in a non-linear fashion that one rarely sees in a documentary. From leading experts to urban newbies, experience the humor and heart of what’s fast becoming an international backyard chicken movement.Mad City Chickens is a sometimes wacky, sometimes serious look at the people who keep urban chickens in their backyards. From chicken experts and authors to a rescued landfill hen or an inexperienced family that decides to take the poultry plunge—and even a mad scientist and giant hen taking to the streets—it’s a humorous and heartfelt trip through the world of backyard chickendom. Q&A and Community Discussion with the Filmmakers and with Seattle Tilth. Learn about Seattle City Chickens with Seattle Tilth Garden Educator Carey Thornton, who will be available to talk about Seattle Tilth’s chicken program, including the upcoming Chicken Coop Tour in July.
DOWNLOAD THE FLYER HERE, PLEASE POST IF YOU CAN. THANKS! (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, June 5, 2009, 7:00-9:30 PMFilm: “THE 9TH ANNUAL MEDIA THAT MATTERS FILM FESTIVAL” (84 min, Arts Engine, 2009)
We are extremely excited to present again this year the 9TH ANNUAL MEDIA THAT MATTERS FILM FESTIVAL!
Every year, the Media That Matters Film Festival is the premier showcase for a new collection of jury selected shorts on the most important topics of the day. This year’s festival showcases twelve jury-selected shorts tackling a broad range of social issues with humor, humanity, and honesty. The films include jury prize winner NEXT WAVE, director Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzer’s alarming documentary about the world's first climate change refugees from the Carteret Islands; and LOCUSTS, a rousing docu-musical on the effects of ill-planned urban planning featuring hotly-tipped Detroit hip hop artists, Invincible and Finale.
Other films spotlight the impact of gun violence on young people, an immigrant family torn apart by deportation, the burden imposed on Bolivia by America's war on drugs, and Middle Easterners whose diverse outlooks defy common stereotypes.
All of the shorts, which range from traditional documentaries to animated films, are 12 minutes or less. Join us for an incredibly diverse evening of film and discussion. For more information, please contact www.mediathatmattersfest.org
The Ninth Annual Media That Matters Film Festival is a program of Arts Engine (www.artsengine.net) and is co-presented with Cinereach (www.cinereach.org), two innovative non-profits dedicated to supporting socially conscious filmmakers.
DOWNLOAD THE FLYER HERE. PLEASE POST IF YOU CAN. THANKS! (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, May 29, 2009, 7:00-9:30 PMFilm: “THE CATS OF MIRIKITANI”(74 min, Linda Hattendorf, 2006)Eighty-year-old Jimmy Mirikitani survived the trauma of WWII internment camps, Hiroshima, and homelessness by creating art. But when 9/11 threatens his life on the New York City streets and a local filmmaker brings him to her home, the two embark on a journey to confront Jimmy's painful past. Blending beauty and humor with tragedy and loss, THE CATS OF MIRIKITANI is an intimate exploration of the lingering wounds of war and the healing power of art. A heart-warming affirmation of humanity that will appeal to all lovers of peace, art, and cats, Winner of the Audience Award at its premiere in the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival. (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday May 22nd, & Sunday May 24th - about 8:30 PM MEANINGFUL MOVIES
AT THE NORTHWEST FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL !Seattle Center – Intiman Theater Outdoor Courtyard
Meaningful Movies will be setting up the projector to cap off 2 great days at the Folklife Festival at Seattle Center. Event is FREE and open to the public!Download the Flyer HERE!...Please post if you can - Thanks!

Friday May 22, 2009, about 8:30 PM: Film: CONSUME THIS MOVIE"80min, Gene Brockhoff, 2008)...A SHOP-U-MENTARY - WITH CECILE ANDREWS!Seattle Center – Intiman Theater Courtyard (The Folklife “Choral Courtyard”)
Are Americans too materialistic? Are we willfully trashing the planetary ecology in order to serve the desires and drives of the ego? And what, or who could be driving this powerful force of seduction?
Americans are finally beginning to challenge our culture of greed and materialism. CONSUME THIS MOVIE stars Cecile Andrews, Juliet Schor, Peter Whybrow and others; and takes a critical look at social injustice, peak oil, resource depletion and our deep need to feel connected to each other through what we choose to consume. Join us for a facilitated discussion with Cecile Andrews! Cecile is author of Slow is Beautiful and Circle of Simplicity. More at www.cecileandrews.com, www.phinneyecovillage.netMore info on the film "Consume This Movie": www.consumethismovie.com (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).
AND!
Sunday May 24, 2009, about 8:30 PM: Film: “GOOD FOOD” (72 min, Melissa Young & Mark Dworkin, 2008)Sustainable Food and Farming in the Pacific Northwest With the Filmmakers, Melissa Young & Mark DworkinSeattle Center – Intiman Theater Courtyard (The Folklife “Choral Courtyard”)
“A film to awaken our taste buds and our courage...”
-Frances Moore Lappe, authorof Diet for a Small Planet, Hope’s EdgeSomething remarkable is happening in the fields and orchards of the Pacific Northwest. Small family farmers are making a comeback. They're growing much healthier food, and lots more food per acre, while using less energy and water than factory farms. “GOOD FOOD” is a wonderful new documentary about sustainable food and farming in the Northwest by local filmmakers Melissa Young & Mark Dworkin.
For decades Northwest agriculture was focused on a few big crops for export. But to respond to climate change and the end of cheap energy, each region is beginning to produce more of its own food and to grow food more sustainably. “GOOD FOOD” visits producers, farmers’ markets, distributors, stores, restaurants, chefs and public officials who are developing a more sustainable food system for all.This lively tour of Washington’s sustainable agriculture movement offers several lucid arguments in favor of smaller, more efficient farms, and purchasing locally grown crops. Still, no argument is as convincing as the marvelous bounty laid before our eyes in this film. See review in Seattle_PI. Q&A and facilitated discussion with the filmmakers Melissa Young & Mark Dworkin follows the film.More info on the film "GOOD FOOD": www.goodfoodthemovie.org and www.movingimages.org

PLEASE COME JOIN US !
Seattle Center – Intiman Courtyard
More info: www.nwfolklife.org(Event is FREE and open to the public!)

ALSO NOTE: On Friday, films will be held simultaneously at two locations on this date: "1984" will screen at our regular venue, Keystone (See Below), and "Consume This Movie at the Northwest Folklife Festival ().

Friday, May 22, 2009, 7:00-9:30 PMFilm: “1984” (113 min, Michael Radford, 1984)
The classic film, 1984, is based upon George Orwell's novel of the same name, following the life of Winston Smith in Oceania, a country run by a totalitarian government. Winston works in a cubicle at the Ministry of Truth, rewriting history in accordance with the agenda of the Party which rules Oceania under its supreme figurehead, Big Brother. Download the Flyer HERE!NOTE: Films will be held simultaneously at two locations on this date: "1984" will screen at Keystone (regular venue), and "Consume This Movie at the Northwest Folklife Festival (See Above).(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, May 15, 2009, 7:00-9:30 PMFilm: A NIGHT OF MEANINGFUL SHORTS!
Something a little different this evening...
Join in tonight, as we show six thought-provoking, amazing, fun, wild, shorts. May 15th we're celebrating these ideas: Be-All-You-Can-Be, Creativity, Change, Your Dream, Random Acts Of Kindness, and Home, with 2 Short Films, 2 Ted Talks, 2 YouTubes, and plenty of time for meaningful discussion.
Download the flyer HERE!(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, May 8, 2009, 7:00-9:30 PMFilm: “THE WORLD ACCORDING TO MONSANTO
(109 min, Marie-Monique Robin, 2008)
Monsanto is the world leader in genetically modified organisms (GMOs), as well as one of the most controversial corporations in industrial history. This century-old empire has created some of the most toxic products ever sold, including polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and the herbicide Agent Orange. Based on a painstaking investigation, THE WORLD ACCORDING TO MONSANTO puts together the pieces of the company’s history, calling on hitherto unpublished documents and numerous first-hand accounts.Download the Flyer Here. (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, May 1, 2009, 7:00-9:30 PM“UN POQUITO DE TANTA VERDAD” (93 MIN, Jill Irene Freidberg, 2007) With the Filmmaker, Jill Freidberg From the producer of “Granita de Arena” & “This Is What Democracy Looks Like."
When the people of Oaxaca decided they’d had enough of bad government, they didn’t take their story to the media...they TOOK the media.
In the summer of 2006, a broad-based, non-violent, popular uprising exploded in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca. Some compared it to the Paris Commune, while others called it the first Latin American revolution of the 21st century. But it was the people’s use of the media that truly made history in Oaxaca. A 90-minute documentary, A LITTLE BIT OF SO MUCH TRUTH captures the unprecedented media phenomenon that emerged when tens of thousands of school teachers, housewives, indigenous communities, health workers, farmers, and students took 14 radio stations and one TV station into their own hands, using them to organize, mobilize, and ultimately defend their grassroots struggle for social, cultural, and economic justice. After spending two years in Oaxaca, producing her previous film, Granito de Arena, Freidberg returned to Oaxaca, in 2006, to tell the story of the people who put their lives on the line to give a voice to their struggle. Narrated almost entirely with recordings from the occupied media outlets, A LITTLE BIT OF SO MUCH TRUTH delivers a breathtaking, intimate account of the revolution that WAS televised. More information at: www.corrugate.org.
Join us in a conversation with filmmaker, Jill Freidberg.
Download the flyer HERE.
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, April 24, 2009, 7:00-9:30 PM“BOOGIEMAN - THE LEE ATWATER STORY”(86 min, Stefan Forbes, 2008)WITH SPECIAL GUEST, INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST, BEV HARRIS
BOOGIEMAN is the compelling story of Lee Atwater, the blues-playing rogue whose rambunctious rise from the South to Chairman of the GOP made him a household name. Without Atwater, neither Ronald Reagan nor George H.W. Bush might have been elected. Atwater mentored Karl Rove and George W. Bush while making the GOP a Southern party, expertly advancing the culture wars, transforming the way the American media covers elections, and becoming seen as the godfather of modern negative campaigning. This is a very timely examination of how Atwater’s ghost looms over modern American politics.Please join us in a facilitated discussion with Bev Harris of Black Box Voting, www.blackboxvoting.orgDownload the flyer HERE. Please post and distribute if you can. (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, April 17, 2009, 7:00-9:30 PMFilm: “THE INLAND SEA: WHERE HAVE ALL THE ORCAS GONE?" (45 min, Michael Harris, People for Puget Sound & Outpost Media, 2001)And the Short Film: “SHIFTING BASELINES” (6 min, Randy Olson & Puget Sound Partnership, 2008) With: People For Puget SoundThe great orca pods of the Northwest are disappearing fast, and the exact cause is a mystery. What's killing the killer whale?
Join underwater explorer and activist Jean-Michel Cousteau as he examines the health of Puget Sound’s Southern Resident orcas and the causes of their population decline. Decimated by captures for aquariums and marine parks in the 1960s, the orcas gained strength in numbers after gaining protected under federal law and becoming symbols of Puget Sound’s magnificence. But declines in numbers of their principal food, Chinook salmon, and their ingestion of toxic chemicals from our modern culture, and even the prevalence of large ships and whale watching boats may be factors in their declining health. What are these magnificent creatures telling us about the health of Puget Sound and our future— and what can we do about it?
Join us for a facilitated discussion with folks from People for Puget Sound Download the flyer HERE.Please post and distribute if you can.
For info on People for Puget Sound: www.pugetsound.orgFor more info on Puget Sound Partnership: www.psp.wa.gov
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, April 10, 2009, 7:00-9:30 PMFilm: "CAPITALISM HITS THE FAN" (57 min, Sut Jhally, 2008)
With breathtaking clarity, renowned University of Massachusetts Economics Professor Richard Wolff breaks down the root causes of today's economic crisis, showing how it was decades in the making and in fact reflects seismic failures within the structures of American-style capitalism itself.
Wolff traces the source of the economic crisis to the 1970s, when wages began to stagnate and American workers were forced into a dysfunctional spiral of borrowing and debt that ultimately exploded in the mortgage meltdown. By placing the crisis within this larger historical and systemic frame, Wolff argues convincingly that the proposed government "bailouts," stimulus packages, and calls for increased market regulation will not be enough to address the real causes of the crisis, in the end suggesting that far more fundamental change will be necessary to avoid future catastrophes.
Download the flyer HERE. Please help get the word out. Thanks!
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, April 3, 2009, 7:00-9:30 PMFilm: “CONSUMING KIDS:
THE COMMERCIALIZATION OF CHILDHOOD”
(67 min, Adriana Barbaro & Jeremy Earp, 2008)
CONSUMING KIDS throws desperately needed light on the practices of a relentless multi-billion dollar marketing machine that now sells kids and their parents everything from junk food and violent video games to bogus educational products and the family car. Drawing on the insights of health care professionals, children's advocates, and industry insiders, the film focuses on the explosive growth of child marketing in the wake of deregulation, showing how youth marketers have used the latest advances in psychology, anthropology, and neuroscience to transform American children into one of the most powerful and profitable consumer demographics in the world. CONSUMING KIDS pushes back against the wholesale commercialization of childhood, raising urgent questions about the ethics of children's marketing and its impact on the health and well-being of kids.Download the flyer HERE. Please post if you can.
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, March 27, 2009, 7:00-9:30 PMFilm: "THE NUCLEAR COMEBACK" (58 min, Justin Pemberton, 2007) ... IS NUCLEAR ENERGY THE ANSWER?With Dr. Dave Hall from Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility (WPSR)In a world living in fear of climate change, the nuclear industry is now proposing itself as a solution. It claims that nuclear power generation produces zero carbon emissions... and people are listening. The result is the beginning of a global nuclear renaissance, with 27 nuclear power stations under construction, and another 136 to be commenced within the next decade. THE NUCLEAR COMEBACK poses the question: Is this the answer to our energy needs? Or by seriously considering the renewed development of nuclear power, may we now be gambling with the survival of our planet? The new documentary THE NUCLEAR COMEBACK goes on a worldwide tour of the nuclear industry in search of answers. Presented is a balanced array of viewpoints and information which allows the viewer to draw their own conclusion. Please join us following the film in a facilitated discussion with Dave Hall from Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility (www.wpsr.org).
Download the flyer HERE. Please post if you can.
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).